↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTWV-Y44 : 11 February 2018), Jacob F. Karnes and Claire Bennett, 05 Apr 1911; citing Wellsburg, Brooke, West Virginia, 86, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 869,969.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS18-VLK : accessed 26 July 2020), Frederick Bennett, Precinct 4 Allegheny city Ward 1, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4, sheet 4A, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,354.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Claire by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Claire:
It is unlikely that Claire's parents are Fredrick Bennett and Sarah Caldwell in that Sarah would be 57 years old when Claire was born in June 1889. Per an article relating to the Titanic and Claire, she spent time with her grandparents, Fredrick and Sarah, per the 1900 census. Her parents were William and Bessie as Claire is listed just under William and Bessie, which makes more since in the time line.
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