The proposed relationship of William Meeker as the father of
Lathrop Meeker,
Sarah A. Meeker and
Eliza Jane 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 24.06 cM of shared DNA across 2 HIR segments.
It also confirms a 3rd cousin, once removed relationship between TC (a descendant of the Lathrop Meeker ancestral line) and BEC (a descendant of the Eliza Jane Meeker ancestral line) with 58.97 cM of shared DNA across 3 HIR segments.
These matches are consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.
Further support for shared ancestry within the Lathrop Meeker, Sarah A. Meeker and Eliza Jane Meeker lines is provided by an additional 12 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.
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