The proposed relationship of Desire Cory as the mother of
Jonathan Meeker and
William Meeker is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.
Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a distant cousin relationship between CS (a descendant of the William Meeker ancestral line) and MC (a descendant of the Jonathan Meeker ancestral line) with 17.90 cM of shared DNA across 1 HIR segments.
This match is consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.
Further support for shared ancestry within the Jonathan Meeker and William Meeker lines is provided by an additional 5 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.
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