Surprise!! Results Are In!!

Well, the DNA results came back.  According to my current DNA profile, compared to all the millions already on file - I have 0% Native American Blood!  Yep, guess I am just a wannabe after-all.



So, there you have it... right? 

I wish it were that simple.  Just because I show no Native American blood, still does not mean my family line, is NOT Native American.  We only get so much DNA passed on through generations, and if there are no matches on file to compare with, and etc. etc. etc. 

What I do show as my genetic regions:

But, for me, for now... I'm going to be looking for history under the assumption that we are not Cherokee by blood.  I understand where my family was born and raised.  What they have always been told.  What they believe.  And, if it had been me, born and raised in Cherokee Territory, had generations of family there, I too would believe it to be fact.  However, in today's world, we don't have to accept tradition as fact.  We can find answers.  And, we will!

So....  there you have it.  Searching the rolls will be on hold as I look in new directions.

(But don't worry, I still intend to find 'Aunt Nancy' and the cousin connection to Maxwell Chambers.)

Henry, Jacob, Josiah, Jesse Anderson Brothers

I found a website at http://www.webtree.com/popie/Lyndell-Storey-Moore-Family/Henry-Cook-Anderson that lists Henry Cook Anderson as being the son of Jesse Anderson and Rebecca.
I have emailed the author to find out where this information was obtained, so that maybe I can get some clues.

In researching this information, I found the family of one Henry who had four sons: Jesse, Josiah, Jacob, and Henry. This son Henry Jr., died early. It stands to reason that any of the three other brothers could/would name their first son after him.

I descend from Josiah Anderson (bc 1779 SC) and wife Mary (mnu). Jesse Anderson was eldest brother among Josiah, Jacob and Henry Anderson of Newberry County, S. C. Their father was Henry Anderson, deceased by 1794 Newberry Co SC; his intestate estate was administered that year by eldest son Jesse. The brother's mother was Ruth (mnu), who married John James Breeding Hammon(s) in Newberry County. John Hammons and wife Ruth removed to Haywood County NC. They may have lived first in Buncombe Co NC. Would appreciate and share information on these families.

There was a Henry, Jr. who was the son of a Henry who died by 1786. This Henry, Jr. is the younger brother of Jesse Anderson who administered the estate upon coming of age in 1794. There were also brothers named Josiah and Jacob. The mother's name was Ruth. Jesse moved to Buncombe County NC but I don't know where Henry went. This whole clan of Andersons are very confusing!

(I did not get the links to the message boards these two were on)

Now this generation of brothers are too old to be our Jesse, Jacob and Henry. But our Anderson siblings could very well be the children of one. The only really missing link here is "Aunt Nancy".
Assuming that the information, and Nancy is present, we would have:


1.) Henry and Ruth

2.) Nancy
2.) Josiah & Mary
2.) Henry Jr.
2.) Jacob
2.) Jesse & Rebecca

3.) Henry Cook
3.) Ruth
3.) Jacob
3.) Levisa
3.) Mary Polly
3.) Jesse J.

Ok. Now I just have to see if this theory is true. : )