Photo from private family collection of Kerry Kellermeyer. Used with permission - Added by Chet Snow, May 15, 2015.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane Elder 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 Jane Elder:
Jane Elder McWilliams was the daughter of James McWilliams and Nancy Summers. There are several documents in Clay County, Missouri, and Madison County, Kentucky, that prove Jane was a daughter of James and Nancy. James was the son of David and Rebecca McWilliams. James' brother Hugh died without issue and the heirs were his mother Rebecca, his widow Celia, his siblings and the children of his deceased siblings. Jane Elder Thompson and her husband are listed among the heirs.