Bob Harris

Ancestors

Son of Firman Harris and Margaret Leora (Roberts) Harris

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Biography

I was born in 1959 in Summerside, PEI, Canada, the youngest of 6 children. There is quite an age gap in my family as my eldest sister was 22 years older than me (well actually as it turns out my eldest half sister is 25 years older than me). Indeed she was already married and raising a family of her own when I was born. In 1961 my dad was transferred to Canadian Forces Base ("CFB") Comox on Vancouver Island. So I grew up in the beautiful Comox Valley.

The Comox Valley is known for its numerous outdoor activities. Ski slopes, swimming holes, salmon fishing, hunting areas, camp grounds, sandy beaches and several hiking trails are all located in or within a short distance of the Valley. But I was a nerdy geek who generally enjoyed reading and playing board games over these more strenuous activities. I am a sorry excuse for a Canadian who never learned to either skate or ski. The one exception to my otherwise dormant life is that I was an avid road hockey, floor hockey and later ball hockey player.

After graduation from High School I attended the University of Victoria where I obtained both my BA and LLB and met and fell in love with my wife. After law school we moved to Maple Ridge, BC when I began my legal career and where we have raise our family of 2 girls and 1 boy.

My interest in genealogy was sparked at an early age. My Mom comes from a large family of 13 children and every decade or so there was a Roberts Family Reunion held somewhere in British Columbia. At these reunions each family member was issued a copy of the "Blue Book". The Blue Book recorded various information about the Roberts family including family history, records of all marriages and births of the descendants of my maternal grandparents and an Appendix containing the family tree and obituaries of some ancestors. To my shame, I have always been more interested in my dead ancestors than I have been in my living cousins. I have (or had as many are now deceased) 44 first cousins on the Roberts side of my family alone; but I have little or no contact with any of them and if pushed could probably only give you the names of a dozen of them at most. Yet I could easily rattle off the names of 50+ of my ancestors. In my defense, I grew up geographically distant from most of my cousins and they are almost all quite a bit older than me. But still, it is a bit sad.

DNA Research

Paternal relationship for Robert Larry Harris is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Robert Larry Harris and RM, 2nd Cousins. Their MRCA’s are the Great grandparents of both parties Sephas Carey Harris and Lucretia Fordyce. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 2nd -3rd Cousins based on sharing 178 cM across 10 segments. Verified by paper trail.

Paternal relationship for Robert Larry Harris is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Robert Larry Harris and GS, 3rd Cousins. Their MRCA’s are the 2X Great grandparents of both parties John Coleman and Jane Blair Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 2nd -3rd Cousins based on sharing 175 cM across 7 segments. Verified by paper trail.

Paternal relationship for Robert Larry Harris is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Robert Larry Harris and CW, 2nd Cousins 1R. Their MRCA’s are the Great grandparents of RLH and the 2X Great Grandparents of CW, John Coleman and Lucetta Coleman. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 2nd -3rd Cousins based on sharing 160 cM across 7 segments. Verified by paper trail.

Paternal relationship for Robert Larry Harris is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Robert Larry Harris and WR, 3rd Cousins. Their MRCA’s are the 2X Great grandparents of both parties Ehud Fordyce and Mariah Roberts. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 3rd-4th Cousins based on sharing 65 cM across 3 segments. Verified by paper trail.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Bob Harris and MH, his 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Nelson Harris and Lucy James, the great great grandparents of Bob Harris and great grandparents of MH. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd to 3rd cousins, based on sharing 160 cM across 7 segments.

Maternal relationship for Robert Larry Harris is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Robert Larry Harris and CM, 2nd Cousins 1R. Their MRCA’s are the Great grandparents of CM and the 2X Great Grandparents of Robert Larry Harris,Jacob Dawald and Barbara Bone. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 2nd -3rd Cousins based on sharing 143cM across 5 segments. Verified by paper trail.

Maternal relationship for Robert Larry Harris is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Robert Larry Harris and SP, 3rd Cousins. Their MRCA’s are the 2X Great grandparents of both are Timothy Howard and Laura Marie Boughton. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 2nd -3rd Cousins based on sharing 96cM across 4 segments. Verified by paper trail.

Maternal relationship for Robert Larry Harris is confirmed with an Ancestry DNA test match between Robert Larry Harris and LR, 3rd Cousins. Their MRCA’s are the 2X Great grandparents of both David Amy Roberts and Emmeline Brown. Predicted relationship reported by Ancestry DNA: 4th-6th Cousins based on sharing 58cM across 4 segments. Verified by paper trail.

Maternal relationship confirmed by a Gedmatch test match between 3rd cousins William Le Gro kit #M916027 and Robert Larry Harris Gedmatch kit #YF6687786. Their most recent common ancestors are their 2X Great Grandparents John Adam Knapp and Mary Elizabeth Pittman Estimated number of generations to MRCA=4.2, based on sharing 40.2 cM across 3 shared segments.

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by Robert Harris at registration.