Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between the private grandson of Lessie and the private daughter of Lessie's brother Loran Lavoyah Cook. Their MRCAs are their grandparents/great-grandparents, Lavoyah Albert Cook and Elizabeth Loubelia Dauphin. They share 427 cM across 19 segments. 1st cousin 1x removed probability: 89%.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VTZ3-W3G : accessed 28 April 2017), Lessie Cook in household of Labelia Cook, Election Precinct 14, Washington, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67-18, sheet 6B, line 61, family 112, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 622.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT8T-J4M : 20 May 2014), Lessie C Boswell, 19 Oct 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lessie 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 Lessie: