The proposed relationship of Bert Lee Estes as the father of LAE and DRE is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.
Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a great aunt / uncle relationship between BW (a descendant of the DRE ancestral line) and JW (a descendant of the LAE ancestral line) with 821.05 cM of shared DNA across 35 HIR segments.
This match is consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.