The proposed relationship of Jean Louis Patenaude as the father of
Genevieve Patenaude and
Michel Toussaint Patenaude is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.
Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a distant cousin relationship between DT (a descendant of the Michel Toussaint Patenaude ancestral line) and WS (a descendant of the Genevieve Patenaude ancestral line) with 44.70 cM of shared DNA across 1 HIR segments.
This match is consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.
Further support for shared ancestry within the Genevieve Patenaude and Michel Toussaint Patenaude lines is provided by an additional 2 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.
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