The proposed relationship of Patience Mount as the mother of Lathrop Meeker and Sarah A. Meeker is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.

Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a distant cousin relationship between CDC (a descendant of the Lathrop Meeker ancestral line) and MM (a descendant of the Sarah A. Meeker ancestral line) with a shared segment of 24.06 cM across 2 HIR segments.

This match is consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.

Further support for shared ancestry within Lathrop Meeker and Sarah A. Meeker is provided by an additional 3 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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