The proposed relationship of George Edwin Merrill as the father of George Winthrop Merrill and Catherine Jane Merrill is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.

Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a distant cousin relationship between MKP (a descendant of the Catherine Jane Merrill ancestral line) and RDM (a descendant of the George Winthrop Merrill ancestral line) with a shared segment of 82.63 cM across 5 HIR segments.

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

Further support for shared ancestry within George Winthrop Merrill and Catherine Jane Merrill is provided by an additional 1 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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