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My First Family Finder DNA Match

October 24, 2012 Tonia Kendrick

While I did an autosomal dna test at 23andMe last year, I recently took advantage of a sale price to have my mother’s dna tested at Family Tree DNA, doing their autosomal test, known as Family Finder.  I also upgraded my own results at FT DNA, in order to compare my results with hers.

My Family Finder results came in today, so, of course, I spent some time browsing through my 420 matches, looking at the surnames each person had uploaded.

I hit pay dirt almost immediately.  I knew as soon as I saw the surnames Hemphill, MacIntyre, Mackie, Patton, and Pitcairn.  This pedigree chart should show you why:

Thomas McEntire Hemphill ancestors

 

My 4th-great grandparents were Captain Thomas Hemphill and Mary Ann Mackie.  Captain Thomas Hemphill’s mother was a Patton.  Mary Ann Mackie’s mother was a McIntyre and her paternal grandmother was a Pitcairn.

I was 95% sure at this point and one more surname clinched the relationship.  As I looked the complete list, I saw Whitesides.  Captain Thomas Hemphill and Mary Ann Mackie had three daughters who married three Whitesides brothers.  This match is clearly a descendant of one of those daughters.

I fired off an email explaining what I had found and got a very quick reply.  The match is not a “genie,” but someone who had tested at another person’s request.  This person sent me an outline of the match’s pedigree, which shows that he/she descends from Captain Thomas Hemphill and Mary Ann Mackie’s daughter – Elizabeth Anna Hemphill who married Moses Whitesides.

This image shows the area on chromosome 1 that the match and I share and which can be attributed to either Captain Thomas Hemphill or Mary Ann Mackie.  I’ll need to match that segment to a descendant of one of their siblings to narrow it down further.

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Filed Under: DNA, Research Tagged With: 23andme, Family Finder, Family Tree DNA, Hemphill, Mackie, McIntyre, Patton, Pitcairn

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About Tonia

Hi, I am Tonia Kendrick. Genealogy is my hobby, my passion (those who say obsession would not be accused of crazy-talk). While I had helped my mom with genealogy as a teenager, I first caught the bug myself when computers came into the picture.

Now we are well into the 21st-century and every day brings a new genealogy adventure, whether it is a new record group to explore online or a visit to a cemetery, courthouse, or other repository. It all comes together here. Read more about Tonia's Roots or contact Tonia. Read More…

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