"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8G7-M9M), E Malissie Dobbs in household of N Fortunatus Dobbs, Newman, Haralson County, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 140, sheet 345A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,151.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa: