↑ Paternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between Gil Lavoie and his third cousin L.R. Their most-recent common ancestors are François Alexis Richard and Elizabeth Levasseur, great great grandparents of Gil Lavoie and L.R. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: 2nd cousin - 3rd cousin, based on sharing 233 cM.
↑Obituary for Leonard Richard, published in the Kansas City Star. Only the first few lines can be read here unless someone pays to restore the guest book.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leonard by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or 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 Leonard:
I'm trying to get this person connected to my tree. A descendant of his is one of my DNA matches, but the person who manages their kit didn't have ancestry further back than this. He is almost certainly a descendant of my ancestor François Alexis Richard, but I don't know where he fits yet.