Sarah Rhea Hankins (1790 - 1876)

The proposed relationship of Sarah Rhea Hankins as the mother of Walter Brashears, AB and Eleanor Brashears 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 Walter Brashears ancestral line) and AR (a descendant of the AB ancestral line) with a shared segment of 56.91 cM across 2 HIR segments.

It also confirms a distant cousin relationship between JPS (a descendant of the Walter Brashears ancestral line) and OG (a descendant of the Eleanor Brashears ancestral line) with a shared segment of 50.27 cM across 1 HIR segments.

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

Further support for shared ancestry within Walter Brashears, AB and Eleanor Brashears is provided by an additional 8 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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