| With the testing of enough cousins, a genetic "tree" of a progenitor's
descendants can be constructed showing where in each lineage mutations
have occurred. Such a tree can be extremely useful
in supporting (or debunking) paper genealogies. A node chart can
only represent what you know at the time with the data you have (which
is true of everything, really), so it's expected that the chart will be
modified with each advance in DNA results and with advances in paper genealogy.
All of the individuals in the table below are matching at levels indicating,
beyond any doubt, they have a near common ancestor. I am making an
assumption here that that ancestor is John CORBIN of Richmond Co., VA,
which means that is the hypothesis we are testing. It may, in fact,
be the case that their common ancestor is futher back, but until we test
someone with a solid paper trail going back further, the current hypothesis
is the only one available to test.
Ideally, we would test every living patrilineal male descendant of John
CORBIN of Richmond County, and I'm not going to give up trying to find
and test them all! If you are such a male,
please join the
project and be tested. |