Merrill, mrs Jim

• Name	Merrill, mrs Jim
  	20181026HAv- From: Jim Merrell Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2018 12:11 PM To: 'John Wetzel' Subject: RE: ancestry DNA MW not jcw for Marcia Mitchell Hi John, thank you for responding. It’s people like you, who are willing to work together, that makes this quest worthwhile. First of all, let me tell you who I am, then on to Marcia. I was born in Buffalo in 1944 (will be 74 next Tuesday), and adopted while in the hospital thru a family physician arrangement). Grew up in a happy family, married in 1968 (50 years next month), raised two daughters (living nearby), moved to Jacksonville, FL in 1994. I am a lifelong IT guy (still have a PC business), and I enjoy problem solving. Started looking for birthparents in 2001, but hit it hard over the last three years. DNA submissions at Ancestry, Family Tree, and 23andme, and upload to MyHeritage. I use GEDmatch heavily, Genome Mate Pro (for chromo marching) and the Ancestry Worldwide Searching subscription . With very few close cousin matches to work with, I did a lot of research and constructed Ancestry trees with 4th and 5th cousins. I ended up with around 15 families in my tree and was only able to connect a few of them with the required marriages. Then in 2016, I got a maternal 1st cousin match on Ancestry which identified my mother. In 2017, my wife and I went on two cross-country motorhome trips to meet my eight new Serbian 1st cousins (my mother was the daughter of a Serbian priest). They all welcomed me into the family (and I looked like many of them). Last May, I got a paternal 2nd cousin match on Ancestry, a 21-year-old in Orlando. It turns out that she is the grand-daughter of my half-brother who lives in DeLand, FL. I had lunch with him last month and we shared family photos. My birthfather and his family lived in Buffalo in 1940-1947, and apparently he sowed some wild oats.
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I61558	WetzelAncestry

  
  

  Family	Merrell, J.
  Family ID	F41527	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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