John Riley
John F. Riley
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Son of Arthur Riley
and Marie Josephine Surette
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Account confirmed 12 Jun 2015 | John's 5861 contributions
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Profile last modified 30 Jan 2020
| Created 12 Jun 2015
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Biography
Scientist (physicist) and educator for many years. In between college and university was stints in the film industry in Boston and San Francisco during the seventies. Presently doing video production as a self employed videographer and editor. Commercially rated pilot that flies fixed wing and unmanned aircraft for video production.
I have been interested in my mother's side of the family since the age of eight. I was fascinated with her stories of our Acadian family. Trips through Nova Scotia in 1971 and 1972 brought me in contact with many relatives and family genealogists.
In 2015 I had my paternal, maternal, and autosomal DNA tested for distant ancestry and immediate ancestry. My father's haplogroup goes back 7000 years or more to some of the first peoples to inhabit Wales and Ireland. My mother's haplogroup goes back to the Maghreb region in Morroco and Tunisia. My maternal haplogroup is U6a7a1, it is this haplogroup associated with Acadian ancestry that has proved once and for all that the Lejeune sisters, Catherine and Edmee, had a European mother.
Most importantly, I found my mother had a high percentage of Native American ancestry and my great grandfather, Louis Andre Doucet, was of the paternal haplogroup c-p39. Haplogroup c-p39 is paternally a full Native American.
Some of us are glad to have un-named Amerindiennes that were previously named Unknown, given last names that are more easily searched. Giving these people last names that reflect their native ancestry honors that culture, honors the family they helped establish, and honors these previously unknown people as individuals who should be recognized and easily searched on Wikitree.
When researching the plight of exiles I try to imagine what daily life was like? Their needs; of survival, of their health, of their fears, of the births, of the newborns, of the children. What happened when a mother's death happened during this time, or a father's death? The families survive, but in such a devastated condition. We genealogists write down their cold fact biographies. I want to give them a voice. A voice that brings them back to life and expresses those day to day happenings. I only wish we now can give them that voice.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by John Riley at registration.
- La Famille Surette De La Pointe Des Pinkney" provided by Surette family geneologist of the 1970's.
- FamilytreeDNA.Com
- The Mothers of Acadia DNA Project
- Amerindian Ancestry Out of Acadia Project.
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DNA Tested
John Riley's DNA has been tested for genealogical purposes. It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with John or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
John Riley's DNA has been tested for genealogical purposes. It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with John or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
- Larry Muise
:
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U6a, FTDNA kit #172529
- Gordon Johnson :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup U6a, FTDNA kit #364765
- John Riley: Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup U6a7a1a, FTDNA kit #N143206
- Pauline (Eisner) Bouvier :
Mitochondrial DNA Test Other, haplogroup U6a7a
- John Riley: Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N143206
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Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about John:
- John Riley is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 10, 2018.
John is 20 degrees from Frederick Douglass, 20 degrees from Margaret Summitt and 22 degrees from Henry VIII of England on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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Worst thing about Wikitree is the incorrect, incomplete, and unverifiable sources without links.
We share the same DNA connection (U6a7) and have many of the same family. I am really enjoying your work on our common ancestors and also the collaboration. I, too, wonder about the day to day lives of these acadians. The large families as well as the quick remarriages show how hard life must have been. I have been talking to my mom's family about life in the immediate previous generations. Mom was the 2nd oldest in her family and would be 101 if she was alive. I think life was pretty stable after the deportation, for those who returned. My aunt remembers great-grandmother Lenore, who was married 3 times. She had a pretty tough life, but survived.
Congratulations on earning the Club 1000 badge for March. Thanks for all your hard work, especially to be a part of our Acadia project. :)