Dorothy was born in 1913. She was the daughter of Cleveland Merritt and Lucy Fines. She passed away in 1991.
Sources
"Virginia, Birth Certificates, 1912-1913," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBJ-WKJS : 1 March 2021), Dorthey Merritt, 01 Sep 1913; from Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : n.d.); citing , Henrico, Virginia, United States, certificate 35484, Library of Virginia, Richmond.
"Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVB1-Q18L : 20 February 2021), John Joseph Fitzgerald and Dorothy Laverne Merritt, 13 Jan 1936; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Richmond, , Virginia, United States, certificate 2279, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
"Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V43P-4B9 : 24 December 2014), Dorothy Hutchinson, 31 Aug 1991; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Richmond, Georgia, certificate number 035201, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP1R-ZSHB : 18 July 2020), Mrs Dorothy Merritt Hutchinson and Mrs D M Hutchinson, 1991.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dorothy 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 Dorothy: