Born in Kelly's Creek, Kanawha County, Virginia.
Ancestors 
and Sister of
Ursula (Persinger) Painter, Mary Catharine (Persinger) Smith, Sarah (Persinger) Jones, Charles Persinger, Kenneth Anderson Persinger and Lucinda (Persinger) Wilkinson
Wife of
Thomas Britton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
William David Britton
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
- Birth
- 1855 Dec 20, Kelly's Creek of Poca, Kanawha County, Virginia. [1]
Sources
- ↑ WV Archives: Register of Births, p 24, ln 129.
- 1855 Dec 20, Kelly’s Creek of Poca, Kanawha. Melissa Persinger, white, female, live. Parents: Kenneth Persinger, farmer in Kelly’s Creek, & Lucinda Persinger. Informant: Kenneth Persinger, father.
- Private Britton family file.
- Paternal relationship is confirmed by triangulation group consisting of Maxine McReynolds (GEDMatch M943864), Private Griffith (GEDMatch A512356), and Private Britton (GEDMatch M688470), sharing a 15.3 cM segment on chromosome 13 from 87,160,688 to 99,433,607.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa:
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~3.12%
John Keller
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YY4377625 [compare], Ancestry member johnsimonkeller
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch HF3747169 [compare], yourDNAportal JOHd1988b51
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Bill Ball :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch H541038 [compare]
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~0.78%
Harvey Persinger :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.39%
Tammy Persinger :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jeffrey Cox :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A674486 [compare], FTDNA kit #B84054
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch WZ2695431 [compare]
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