↑ "Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Birth Registration of "William Smith", child of "William Smith" and "Harriett Smith". Date of birth: 16 Jun 1865. Birth certificate 1865/11319.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on MyHeritageDNA who share a 11.1 cM segment on chromosome 21, consisting of Pamela Driscoll and Joan Millen, her 3rd cousin 1x removed, and S.D., her 4th cousin 1x removed. (Joan Millen and S.D. are 3rd cousins 2x removed.) These matches have been independently verified via the MyHeritage Chromosome Browser. Their most-recent common ancestor is Eliza Wilmshurst, the 3x great grandmother of Pamela Driscoll and 2x great grandmother of Joan Millen and 4x great grandmother of S.D..
"New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-N189 : 4 October 2016), William Smith and Mary Ann Adams, 1891; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1891/2274, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William: