Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of George B. MaClelland Benge
and Margaret (Coyle) Benge
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Otto Archie Chew
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
George Helton Chew and Marian Bernice (Chew) Dupuy
Died
at age 82
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Profile last modified
| Created 31 Aug 2014
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Biography
Verna was born in 1887. She was the daughter of George Benge and Margaret Coyle. Verna attended the University of Oklahoma and received a teaching certificate, though she never taught. She married Otto Chew. They had five children. Verna died in 1970.
Sources
See also:
- Email message to Martha Riley from Verna Chew's granddaughter, Carol Melton, May 5, 2019.
- Verna Chew on Find a Grave
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Verna 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 Verna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Verna 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 Verna:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Martha (Chrisman) Riley 
:
23andMe
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~1.56%
Ann Coyle :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Akcoyle76
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Karla (Greer) Oman :
23andMe, GEDmatch YG3384439 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member kkgreer46
-
~0.78%
Patricia Coyle :
AncestryDNA
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