Source: NA2000 "North America, Family Histories, 1500 - 2000," [database on-line], accessed via AncestryInstitution.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DW-3ZD : accessed 22 March 2016), Maria Geel in household of Stillman A Geel, Maine, United States; citing p. 42, family 311, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,061.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQW-BNG : accessed 22 March 2016), Maria Geel in household of Stillman A Geel, East Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 184, sheet 309B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0490; FHL microfilm 1,254,490.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mariah by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Mariah:
Berry-5717 and Berry-5357 appear to represent the same person because: This appears to be the same person and dates. Just some different spellings in the name.