Lydia
Bracken
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Wilson Gaskin
— married
about 1818 in Saline County , IL
Descendants 
Mother of
Hatton Gaskin
Died about
at about age 60
in Christian County, IL
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Jul 2014
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Biography
Neither birth nor death dates are known. Marriage year has been given as 1818, and I have deduced both birth and death years from it.
Family history lists Lydia as having eleven dhildren: six boys and five girls.
Sources
- W. Philip Balsley genealogy written by Eleanor Patricia Balsley Birsner, December 1973.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia 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 Lydia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia 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 Lydia:
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Rhonda (Bales) Langham 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch SS3288204 [compare]
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