Ralph L. Dowden
Born 1920s.
Ancestors 
Brother of
Minerva Harriet (Dowden) Henry [half], Della (Dowden) Meyer [half], Goldie Virginia (Silvers) Caldwell [half], Minnie Mae (Dowden) Bennington and [private sister (1910s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Dowden, Kerry Dowden, Keith Dowden, [private son (1950s - unknown)], Barbara (Dowden) Hastings and Melissa (Dowden) Dyniec
Died 1990s.
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Biography
Ralph was born in 1920. Ralph Dowden ... He passed away in 1990. [1]
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Sources
- Social Security Death Index: Number: 280-16-2021; Issue State: Ohio; Issue Date: Before 1951
- 1920 Census: Year: 1920; Census Place: Buffalo, Brooke, West Virginia; Roll: T625_1950; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 34
- 1930 Census: Year: 1930; Census Place: Knox, Jefferson, Ohio; Roll: 1824; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 471.0; FHL microfilm: 2341558
- 1940 Census: Year: 1940; Census Place: Canonsburg, Washington, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3620; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 63-15
- Military Discharge Papers -- attached as image.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Melissa Dowden, Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ralph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Ralph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ralph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 Ralph:
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50.00%
50.00%
Melissa (Dowden) Dyniec 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M920171 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member melissa_21114
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~25.00%
~25.00%
Renee Jones :
23andMe, GEDmatch M497386 [compare]
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Chris Gilbert
Chris Gilbert
Dowden-249 and Dowden-201 appear to represent the same person because: Appear same
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by Chris Gilbert
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