I'm still receiving emails from my matches. Yesterday I got an email at 10 AM from a descendant of Samuel Samuelson and as I was responding, I got another email from a descendant of Samuel's wife, Maria Swanson. I happily connected the two folks who kindly responded to my initial query. I just love those kinds of coincidences! Think about this, both send me a response within minutes of each other and after 150+ years, reconnect. Very weird!
What was even more awesome was that one of the emailers mentioned that his 100+ year old great aunt is still alive. I strongly urged that they share the info I sent. Hopefully, the photo of that woman's grandfather will spark some memory that can be recorded before it's too late. That was certainly an unexpected result of having my DNA done. I never thought I'd find someone who was still alive who had personal knowledge of those living in the 1800's.
Here's another result that I never anticipated - I've connected with a great grandson of one of my husband's aunts who didn't know his great grandmother. We have wonderful memories from when we were teens of this lovely lady and I shared via email some of the kind things she did. I'm sure he'll pass the information to his own children someday and I just love that the connection will go forward. Happy Hunting!
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