Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between the private grandson of Pearl and the private great-granddaughter of Lydia J. Prosser. Their MRCAs are their great-great-grandparents, Thomas J. Prosser and Lexcina Lewis. They share 95 cM across 5 segments. 3rd cousin probability: 32%.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS9S-511 : accessed 8 January 2017), Pearl Prosser in household of Almira Prosser, Deerfield township Deerfield village, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 3A, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,725.
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N3DZ-Z42 : 4 December 2014), Alfie Simpson and Pearl M. Prosser, 14 Jan 1903; citing Deerfield, Lenawee, Michigan, v 3 p 78 rn 13, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 2,342,664.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRQ-SP1 : 29 October 2015), Pearl Simpson in household of Alfie Simpson, Deerfield, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 59, sheet 6A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,673.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZQQ-1YQ : accessed 8 January 2017), Pearl Simpson in household of Alfred Simpson, Deerfield, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing ED 66, sheet 11B, line 86, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 780; FHL microfilm 1,820,780.
"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KF7G-PV7 : 12 December 2014), Pearl Simpson, 20 Jan 1929; citing Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,131.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Pearl 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 Pearl: