Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Matilda's private great-granddaughter and the private grandson of Matilda's brother Alfred. Their MRCAs are their great-grandparents/great-great-grandparents, George Simpson and Margaret Crysinger. They share 57 cM across 3 segments. 2nd cousin 1x removed probability: 27%.
"Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XX9Y-9L4 : 8 December 2014), Matilda Simpson, 11 May 1880; citing Perkins, Erie, Ohio, reference p38 #26; FHL microfilm 954,135.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8MH-9JP : accessed 16 March 2016), Tilly Simpson in household of George Simpson, Oxford, Erie, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 117, sheet 139C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1013; FHL microfilm 1,255,013.
"Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3ZB-C3P : 2 April 2020), John H. Mills and Tillie Simpson, 11 Oct 1900; citing Marriage, Adrian, Lenawee, Michigan, , Citing Secretary of State, Department of Vital Records, Lansing; FHL microfilm 4208648.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRQ-CTS : accessed 5 October 2020), Tillie Mills in household of John H Mills, Ridgeway, Lenawee, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 75, sheet 11B, family 284, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 661; FHL microfilm 1,374,674.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Matilda 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 Matilda: