Martha Catherine Elizabeth Willis was born in 1852 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, daughter of Hezekiah Willis (1806–1890) and Dolly Lipscomb (1813–1877).[1]
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SB-7T1 : 20 February 2021), Martha Thomson in household of Landrum Thomson, White Plains, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 147, sheet 349B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,240.
Paternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch who share a 13.9 cM segment on chromosome 2, consisting of Baby Boy Phil Unknown, GEDmatch kit # AQ6848363, and Jennifer Wood, his 4th cousin 1x removed, GEDmatch kit # QD3146867, and Donna (Willis) Brown, his 4th cousin 2x removed, GEDmatch kit # T366951. (Jennifer and Donna are 4th cousins 1x removed.) Their most-recent common ancestors are John Willis and Martha Smith, the 5x great grandparents of Baby Boy Phil Unknown and 4x great grandparents of Jennifer Wood and 3x great grandparents of Donna (Willis) Brown.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha 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 Martha: