"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD4D-FYF : 9 November 2014), William Ball in household of Thomas Ball, Calvert county, Calvert, Maryland, United States; citing family 88, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VP-26V : 17 October 2014), William J Ball in household of Thomas Ball, Ohio, United States; citing p. 31, family 226, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,744.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 William: