Mr.
Kenneth
James
(Jim)
Smith
Born in Selly Park, Birmingham, England
Ancestors 
Son of George Smith
and Sarah Jane (Laundon) Smith
Brother of
George Owen Smith, Colin Smith, Sarah Lois Smith, Phyllis Ada (Smith) Marshall, Beatrice Irene (Smith) Went, Denis Smith and Howard William Smith
Husband of
[private wife (1920s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Father of
[private son (1940s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1950s - unknown)]
Died
at age 86
in Selly Park, Birmingham, England.
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jul 2014
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Biography
Kenneth was born in 1919. He was the son of George Smith and Sarah Laundon. He passed away in 2005. [1]
'Kenneth (Jim) was an apprentice at Leng's brush factory at the outset of WW2. He was conscripted into the Royal Engineers and spent the war in West Africa, working in the forestry service. After the war, he and his brother worked mainly for Burman and Co., car transmission manufacturers.
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- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Donald Smith, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jim 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 Jim:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jim 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 Jim:
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~25.00%
Donald Smith
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T414267 [compare]
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~1.56%
Joan (Roberts) Coates :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch DJ978977C1 [compare], Ancestry member genemonkey
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch DJ978977C1 [compare], FTDNA kit #202210
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~1.56%
Private Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T545719 [compare], FTDNA kit #227166
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~1.56%
John Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T766864 [compare], FTDNA kit #504047
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~0.78%
Veronica (Coat) Williams :
23andMe, GEDmatch QP117140C1 [compare], yourDNAportal VER9d0ad6fe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QP117140C1 [compare], yourDNAportal VER9d0ad6fe, Ancestry member genemonkey
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch QP117140C1 [compare], yourDNAportal VER9d0ad6fe, FTDNA kit #194406
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Living DNA, GEDmatch QP117140C1 [compare], yourDNAportal VER9d0ad6fe
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~0.78%
Private DNA Cousin Roberts :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T685594 [compare], FTDNA kit #353960
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Rejected matches › Kenneth Raymond Smith (1924-1985) › James Barber Smith › Kenneth Smith (1918-2003) › James Wilson Smith (1917-2003) › Kenneth Arthur Smith (1921-1994) › James F Smith (abt.1920-abt.2007) › Kenneth Smith › Kenneth Paul Smith (1921-2007) › James Leonard Smith (1921-2004)
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