Family Mystery Solved
This article described some genealogical research that culminated in the probable identification of the father of the illegitimate son of my great-great aunt. By analysing the unusual Christian names she gave to her child, and with knowledge of the local geography and my great-great aunt's occupation, it became possible to make a good guess as to who the father was.
Update September 2017 - Family Mystery Really Solved!
I have just been contacted by a descendant of my great-great aunt's illegitimate son, who has confirmed by DNA analysis that they, and the putative father I identified in the article, share the same DNA! Thus my original hypothesis is proved correct.
Click the link below to read the original article, reproduced by kind permission of the editor of Family Tree Magazine.
This article described some genealogical research that culminated in the probable identification of the father of the illegitimate son of my great-great aunt. By analysing the unusual Christian names she gave to her child, and with knowledge of the local geography and my great-great aunt's occupation, it became possible to make a good guess as to who the father was.
Update September 2017 - Family Mystery Really Solved!
I have just been contacted by a descendant of my great-great aunt's illegitimate son, who has confirmed by DNA analysis that they, and the putative father I identified in the article, share the same DNA! Thus my original hypothesis is proved correct.
Click the link below to read the original article, reproduced by kind permission of the editor of Family Tree Magazine.
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Update March 2018 - read the update to the article on the Family Tree website www.family-tree.co.uk/how-to-guides/real-life-stories/family-mystery-really-solved