Amy Johnson Crow has a 52 Ancestors Week blog challenge which I have decided to give a try for the second year.
The prompt for week # 17 is DNA.
The only branch of my family tree, that I am aware of, that has had DNA discovery is my paternal VanGilder branch. Last year for 52 Ancestors Week, under the meme Origins, I blogged about my VanGilder line and the DNA findings. It's All Dutch To Me, outlined the findings to date.
I note that at the end of the blog from last year I said to stay tuned for further findings. I do not believe there have been any additional findings. My paternal great great great great grandfather, Jacob VanGilder, did indeed descend from Awansous, to Mohican-Wappinger Native American, Tawanaut/Toanunck who changed his name to Jan Van Gelder and his descendent John VanGilder I.
History's Faces: The Origin of the Van Guilders by Debra Winchell
History's Faces: Origin of the Van Gilder Surname by Debra Winchell
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