"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBN-Q8Z : 30 December 2015), Melissa De Coursey in entry for Samuel De Coursey, 1860.
"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ9-SZYN : accessed 3 October 2016), A J Arnold and M A Decoursey, 05 Dec 1860; citing Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 272,800.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4M-BN6 : 17 October 2014), Malicca Arnold in household of Andrew J Arnold, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 25, family 170, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,993.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa: