Robert Roper and Jane Mace should be removed as parents. Sarah's parents are not known.
Sources
Husband's death cert: "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPLB-Q6V : 17 July 2017), Sarah Roper Carswell in entry for Sylvanus Carswell, 18 Aug 1959; citing Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, v 20B cn 20766, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,953,002.
"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSS-H62H : 10 March 2021), Sylvanus Carswell and Sarah Roper, 26 Nov 1897; citing Burke, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her 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 Sarah: