Born in Taylor, Iowa, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Oscar Akers
and Cora Mae (Brand) Akers
Sister of
Ollie Marie Akers, Hazel Lea (Akers) Sexton, Hattie Pauline (Akers) Clark, Gertrude Belle (Akers) Weil, Oscar Wayne Akers, Helen Mae (Akers) Savage, Evelyn Frances (Akers) Thompson, Coryal Velma (Akers) Bollinger, Edna Ellen (Akers) Posten and Cecil W Akers
Wife of
Eber A. Ritnour
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 84
in Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jul 2021
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Biography
Bernita was born in 1922. She was the daughter of Oscar Akers and Cora Brand. She passed away in 2006.
Sources
- "Iowa State Census, 1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQ7-2WZ3 : 20 June 2020), Berneta Akers in household of Oscar Akers, Platte Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States; citing Platte Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States, Iowa State Historical Department, Des Moines; FHL microfilm .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bernita by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Bernita:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bernita by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Bernita:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Ashley (McFee) Putnam 
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Brad Straw :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A516243 [compare], Ancestry member ruggersf
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~1.56%
Katie (Brown) Rader :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XL5573217 [compare], yourDNAportal KAT333e3fdb, Ancestry member Krader16
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