Eliza maiden name Shearin.
Born 1850 to Richard and Rebecca Shearin
She married Richard Shearin April 7,1875. They were second cousins.[1][2]
Sources
↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8QV-2MG : 22 December 2016), Richd E. Shearin and Eliza E. Shearin, 07 Apr 1875; citing , Warren, North Carolina, United States, p. 1875, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 453,656.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F38Q-TFL : 18 July 2017), Gillam Sherring, 23 Oct 1921; citing Roanoke Rapids Township, Halifax, North Carolina, reference fn 658 cn 466, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,892,800.
It was thought in years past she was from India.This was not true. She married into her own family. Her and her husband were distant cousins. Check out the tree.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Liza 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 Liza: