When William Shiel was born on 11 December 1751 in Berwickshire, his father, William, was 26 and his mother, Margaret, was 22. He married Elizabeth Chisholm on 29 November 1777 in Longformacus, Berwickshire. They had two children during their marriage. He died in 1802 at the age of 51.
Sources
Utterson (12022017) FTM & Ancestry Tree
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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 William: