Timothy Meeker (1708 - 22/12/1798)

The proposed relationship of Timothy Meeker as the father of William Meeker, Jonathan Meeker and Cory Meeker is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.

Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a distant cousin relationship between CDC (a descendant of the William Meeker ancestral line) and MC2 (a descendant of the Jonathan Meeker ancestral line) with a shared segment of 35.30 cM across 2 HIR segments.

It also confirms a distant cousin relationship between SS (a descendant of the Cory Meeker ancestral line) and DB (a descendant of the William Meeker ancestral line) with a shared segment of 21.57 cM across 1 HIR segments.

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

Further support for shared ancestry within William Meeker, Jonathan Meeker and Cory Meeker is provided by an additional 16 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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