The proposed relationship of Elizabeth Steppe as the mother of
Mary Mollie Ballard and
Emeliah Millie Ballard is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.
Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a distant cousin relationship between JPS (a descendant of the Mary Mollie Ballard ancestral line) and EC (a descendant of the Emeliah Millie Ballard ancestral line) with 24.60 cM of shared DNA across 2 HIR segments.
This match is consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.
Further support for shared ancestry within the Mary Mollie Ballard and Emeliah Millie Ballard lines is provided by an additional 9 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.
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