Brenda (Cooley) Ross
Honor Code SignatorySigned 18 Jan 2016 | 475 contributions | 6 thank-yous | 792 connections
Signed 18 Jan 2016 | 475 contributions | 6 thank-yous | 792 connections
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Born 1960s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Donald Cooley
and [private mother (1940s - unknown)]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Mother of
[private daughter (1980s - unknown)] and [private son (1980s - unknown)]
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Biography
Brenda was born at Pontiac General Hospital in Pontiac, MI. She moved to Colorado with her mother at age 3. She returned to Michigan at age 15, and lived with her grandmother (Gertrude Cooley) through high school. She married Jere J. Ross at age 18, right after graduation from Avondale High School. They lived in the Auburn HIlls/Rochester HIlls area until about 2003, when they moved to Florida. Brenda worked at K mart Headquarters as a secretary for 11 years. She then worked for Rochester Community Schools as a secretary for 16 years. After moving to Florida, she is currently working at Polk County Schools as a Paraeducator working with ESOL (English Speakers of Other Languages) Students.
Hobbies and interests: plays the hammered dulcimer, pennywhistle, bodhran and harmonica. Loves to sing. Does crochet, knitting and tatting.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Brenda 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 Brenda:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Brenda 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 Brenda:
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~6.25%
Cathy (Cooley) Klumpp
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Terri (Duckworth) Matthews :
MyHeritage DNA
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Wow!!! You're the 2,010th Cooley to join Wikitree! With that many Cooley's here I'm just betting there are some 'cousins' already profiled. I'm looking forward to reading about your ancestors.
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