Whitson Pennington ( - 1865)

The proposed relationship of Whitson Pennington as the father of Isaac Newton Pennington, Martha Frances Pennington and Mina Chapman Pennington is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.

Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a 3rd cousin, twice removed relationship between KS (a descendant of the Isaac Newton Pennington ancestral line) and KD (a descendant of the Martha Frances Pennington ancestral line) with a shared segment of 90.47 cM across 4 HIR segments.

It also confirms a distant cousin relationship between BM (a descendant of the Mina Chapman Pennington ancestral line) and JD (a descendant of the Isaac Newton Pennington ancestral line) with a shared segment of 67.08 cM across 2 HIR segments.

These matches are consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.

Further support for shared ancestry within Isaac Newton Pennington, Martha Frances Pennington and Mina Chapman Pennington is provided by an additional 5 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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