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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melvin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Melvin:
That way if the URL breaks, people will still be able to look for the funeral home and search for his obituary.
Just in case you don't know the link to his Ancestry profile is not visible to everyone, because its private, and lots of people don't have subscriptions so wouldn't see it. You may very well want it that way. Which is fine.
Please remove from the profile (usually at the top) {Unsourced} and [Category:Profile Style Review Requested].
Otherwise there isn't a lot of "style" to review here.
Profile Style Review:
You have a good source, his obituary. On the profile the sentence in the biography that says Melvin was born etc.... At the end you will find a tag
<ref>"A source for this information is needed" </ref> . Delete the sentence about "A source..." and then put the link to his obituary (nicely done) in between the ref tags. <ref>Funeral home obituary</ref>
This will change the footnote 1. to Funeral home obituary. I think if it were me, I would also list the name of the funeral home. <ref>Obituary. Hardesty Funeral Home Galesville, MD</ref> ran out of spce
That way if the URL breaks, people will still be able to look for the funeral home and search for his obituary.
Just in case you don't know the link to his Ancestry profile is not visible to everyone, because its private, and lots of people don't have subscriptions so wouldn't see it. You may very well want it that way. Which is fine.
Please remove from the profile (usually at the top) {Unsourced} and [Category:Profile Style Review Requested].
Otherwise there isn't a lot of "style" to review here.
Have a good day.
Profile Style Review: You have a good source, his obituary. On the profile the sentence in the biography that says Melvin was born etc.... At the end you will find a tag <ref>"A source for this information is needed" </ref> . Delete the sentence about "A source..." and then put the link to his obituary (nicely done) in between the ref tags. <ref>Funeral home obituary</ref>
This will change the footnote 1. to Funeral home obituary. I think if it were me, I would also list the name of the funeral home. <ref>Obituary. Hardesty Funeral Home Galesville, MD</ref> ran out of spce