Benjamin Franklin Tompkins (02/01/1840 - 14/03/1900)

The proposed relationship of Benjamin Franklin Tompkins as the father of Edgar Grant Tompkins, Ethel Mae Tompkins, Harriet Tompkins and James Gordon Tompkins is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.

Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a distant cousin relationship between JH (a descendant of the Ethel Mae Tompkins ancestral line) and MH (a descendant of the Edgar Grant Tompkins ancestral line) with 67.53 cM of shared DNA across 1 HIR segments.

It also confirms a 2nd cousin, once removed relationship between LB (a descendant of the Harriet Tompkins ancestral line) and MH (a descendant of the Edgar Grant Tompkins ancestral line) with 97.87 cM of shared DNA across 2 HIR segments.

It also confirms a distant cousin relationship between MF (a descendant of the James Gordon Tompkins ancestral line) and MH (a descendant of the Edgar Grant Tompkins ancestral line) with 62.30 cM of shared DNA across 4 HIR segments.

It also confirms a 3rd cousin, once removed relationship between DS (a descendant of the Harriet Tompkins ancestral line) and JH (a descendant of the Ethel Mae Tompkins ancestral line) with 32.62 cM of shared DNA across 1 HIR segments.

It also confirms a 3rd cousin, once removed relationship between KP (a descendant of the Harriet Tompkins ancestral line) and MF (a descendant of the James Gordon Tompkins ancestral line) with 120.49 cM of shared DNA across 7 HIR segments.

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

Further support for shared ancestry within the Edgar Grant Tompkins, Ethel Mae Tompkins, Harriet Tompkins and James Gordon Tompkins lines is provided by an additional 7 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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