Max R. Mearse was born on 22 August 1951 in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas, United States, son of Cecil Lewis Mearse (1920–2009) and Edna Mae Gatlin (1921–2010).
Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Max Mearse and Grover Brown, his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are John Price and Martha Unknown, the great great grandparents of both Max Mearse and Grover Brown. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th-6th cousin, based on sharing 25 cM across 2 segments. This is acceptable for a 3rd cousin match, but a little low. Other matches confirm the relationship with a higher cM/segment match, but are not between 2 WikiTree members. Max is the son of Cecil Mearse who is the great grandson of the common ancestors John Price & Martha Unknown.
Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Max Mearse and CBuss, his 2nd cousin 2x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are John Gatlin and Sarah King, the great grandparents of Max Mearse and 3x great grandparents of CBuss. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd - 3rd cousin, based on sharing 103 cM across 4 segments.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Max or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Max Mearse:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup I-M253, FTDNA kit #310275
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Max:
100.00% 100.00%
Max Mearse:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A334634[compare], Ancestry member MM
Thanks and sincerely, Peter