Born in Riebeeck East, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of Gerhardus Hendrik Marais
and Anna Maria Jacomina (van Rooyen) Marais
Sister of
Barend Daniel Marais, Maria Elizabeth (Marais) Viviers, Kornelis Johannes Hermanus Marais, Anna Maria Catharina Marais, Jacomina Christiana Magdalena Marais, Gerrit Hendrik Marais, Dirk Reinier Marais, Johanna Catharina (Marais) Eichorn, Daniel Petrus Marais and Izaak Johannes Hutton Marais
Wife of
John McNamara
— married
1 Mar 1855 in Riebeeck East, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Descendants 
Mother of
Alexander McNamara, Anna Maria Jacomina McNamara, Annie Catherine (MacNamara) Bell and Cecilia Josephine (McNamara) Pike
Died
at age 79
in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Jul 2016
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Biography
Aletta was born in 1836. She was the daughter of Gerhardus Hendrik Marais and Anna Maria Jacomina van Rooyen. Aletta Marais ... She passed away in 1916.[1]
Sources
- ↑ A source for this information is needed.
- [1] Baptism record on 18 Dec 1836 in Bosjesmansrivier confirms her DOB as 19 Nov 1836. Witnesses to her baptism were Carel Godlieb Holl, Barbara Wilhelmina Vogel, Martha van der Wat, Coenraad Janse van Rensburg and Aletta Frederika Vogel. Added on 22 March 2021 by Ewald Schmidt
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Aletta 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 Aletta:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Aletta 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 Aletta:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Ali (Beichter) Bezuidenhout 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M801207 [compare]
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~0.78%
Janet (Brown) Bianco :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Ewald Schmidt :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member EwaldSchmidt
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~0.78%
Ria (Botha) Lenard :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
~1.56%
Anna (Barnard) Badenhorst :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Frederik_Badenhorst
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~0.78%
Laura van Rooyen :
MyHeritage DNA
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Rejected matches › Aletta Frederika (Marais) Wheeler (1836-1907)
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