Nelly was born in about 1835. She is the daughter of William Norman and Elizabeth Tierce. In 1850 she is enumerated on the federal census in the home of her maternal grandparents. [1]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5H-18R : 12 April 2016), Nelley N Sierce in household of George S Sierce, Tuscaloosa county, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States; citing family 496, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary 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 Mary: