The maternal relationship between Donna Kaye Powell and her daughter
Laura Kaye Kruger is confirmed by the direct inheritance path of autosomal DNA down to their DNA tested descendant BN.
The segmental (via DNA segment triangulation) and total DNA shared between BN and other confirmed descendants of
James Fulton Hatcher/
Catherine Elizabeth Martin is consistent with the expected ranges for their respective relationships. Since BN descends from James Fulton Hatcher/Catherine Elizabeth Martin through Donna Kaye Powell and her daughter Laura Kaye Kruger, the presence of significant shared DNA between BN and other known descendants of James Fulton Hatcher/Catherine Elizabeth Martin validates the generational links along this maternal line.
This supports the conclusion that DNA was passed from MRCA couple James Fulton Hatcher/Catherine Elizabeth Martin through Donna Kaye Powell to Laura Kaye Kruger, and ultimately to BN, confirming this direct ancestral connection through multiple generations.