The proposed relationship of Nels Nelson or Nils Ackerson as the father of
Edna Emelia Ackerson,
Clarence Alfred Ackerson and
Elmer Louis Ackerson is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.
Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a 1st cousin, twice removed relationship between TH (a descendant of the Clarence Alfred Ackerson ancestral line) and PSS (a descendant of the Edna Emelia Ackerson ancestral line) with 215.40 cM of shared DNA across 10 HIR segments.
It also confirms a distant cousin relationship between BL (a descendant of the Elmer Louis Ackerson ancestral line) and RWS (a descendant of the Edna Emelia Ackerson ancestral line) with 125.32 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 Edna Emelia Ackerson, Clarence Alfred Ackerson and Elmer Louis Ackerson lines is provided by an additional 4 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.
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