Christine (Tobinski) Terry
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Christine (Tobinski) Terry

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I have done 2 DNA tests, with both ancestry and 23&me. My main family tree is on ancestry. I have downloaded my Tobinski fam DNA to MyHeritage, ftDNA and GEDmatch. My brick wall has been on my father’s Irish side: DENNIS SULLIVAN 1824 Cork, Ireland, his wife, MARY O'CONNELL 1834 Ireland and Mary O’Connell’s mother, Mrs. Mary O’Connell born abt 1798, Ireland. They all had immigrated to USA from Ireland to Cornwall, England and then to Calumet , Michigan abt 1865. They are all listed on the 1870 and 1880 US Census in Michigan. I haven’t been able to find a death record for Dennis Sullivan, his wife, Mary O’’Connell Sullivan and his mother-in-law, Mrs Mary O’Connell (widowed.) DNA confirmed 3 other children of Mrs. Mary O’Connell: Daniel 1840, Patrick 1843 and Joanna 1846
Christine J. Terry formerly Tobinski
Born 1950s.
Ancestors ancestors
Sister of [private sister (1960s - unknown)], [private sister (1960s - unknown)] and [private brother (1960s - unknown)]
Mother of [private son (1980s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
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Biography

CHRISTINE JEANNE TOBINSKI born 5 Feb 1959, Centralia, Lewis, Washington, USA.

My DNA test was done with Ancestry. I also downloaded my DNA into MyH, ftDNA and gedmatch. My gedmatch under Christine Tobinski (Superkit) is ZZ970591C1.

My mother, Jean (Oster) Tobinskiunder Jean Tobinski has a gedmatch # NU1248334.

On AncestryDNA, all 3 of my siblings JT with 2,896 cM x 39 segs, MT with 2,715 cM x 42 segs, FT with 2,862 cM x 45 segs, show as full siblings as predicted. Confidence: Extremely High. 3 paternal first cousins M.S. with 862 cM x 36 segs, B.B. with 1,029 cM x 40 segs, and S.T. with 784 cM x 32 segs, all from different siblings of my father all show as a 1st paternal cousin as predicted. Confidence: Extremely High. , A 2nd paternal cousin, D.K. with 241 cM x15 segs shows as predicted as a paternal 2nd cousin. Confidence: Extremely High. Also a maternal 1st cousin, J.O. with 844 cM x 33 segs shows as predicted, Confidence: Extremely High. All the above tested with AncestryDNA and their DNA has also been downloaded into MyH, ftDNA and Gedmatch.

  • Paternal and maternal relationships have been confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between [[Christine (Tobinski) Terry] and with my mother Jean (Oster) Tobinski, all 3 of my siblings JT, MT, and FT. All the predicted relationship from AncestryDNA are as expected and confirmed with DNA. Confidence: Extremely High.

I am the daughter [Tobinski-1|Christine (Tobinski) Terry] of Frank Basil Tobinski (1936-2017) and Jean Arlene (Oster) Tobinski (1936-2023). The oldest of the four children they had together confirmed with AncestryDNA. Confidence: Extremely High.

My baptism was at the Olympia Lacey Church of God, Lacey, Thurston, Washington, USA. It is a non-denomination church. My siblings were also baptized on the same day abt 1973.

My first name, CHRISTINE, is after my maternal grandmother Christine Breckel Oster and my middle name JEANNE is after my mother, Jean Arlene Oster Tobinski Jean (Oster) Tobinski.

My last name, TOBINSKI: My 2nd great grandfather, Simon Tobijanski Tobinski - spelled our surname TOBIJANSKI on the headstone at the family plot at the Lake View Cemetery in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, but he used the spelling of "Tobinski" on his USA records once he immigrated to USA in 1872 which is how my dad and our family always had spelled it. The records in Poland had the TOBIJANSKI spelling for the males and TOBIJANSKA for the females.

Married twice. My first marriage was to Robert DeWitt on Aug 1981, Olympia, Thurston, Washington. We had 2 children together Brett and Kelly Kelly DeWitt confirmed Ancestry DNA with me [Tobinski-1|Christine (Tobinski) Terry] as mother/daughter relationship as predicted. Confidence level high. My second marriage to my husband Donald Terry was on Aug 2013, Vacaville, Solano, California. Don had a daughter Nicole from his first marriage.

Have lived in the state of Washington, Colorado and California.

Interesting note: Namesake: Polish last names were most often derived from places, family patriarchs or nicknames. Names derived from places usually ended in -ski, meaning "of", and were reserved for nobility.

Note: Know all info as fact since it is myself.

Sources


  • First-hand information. Entered by Christine Tobinski at registration.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Christine (Tobinski) Terry and Timothy V, her half 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestor is Harry Bras, the great grandfather of both Christine (Tobinski) Terry and Timothy V. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd-3rd , based on sharing 157 cM across 7 segments. Christine is the daughter of Frank Tobinski who is the grandson of the common ancestor Harry Bras.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Christine (Tobinski) Terry and Mark Stovall, her 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Francis Tobinski and Mary Bras, the grandparents of both Christine (Tobinski) Terry and Mark Stovall. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 1st cousin , based on sharing 862 cM across 36 segments.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Christine (Tobinski) Terry and D.K., her 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Franciscus Francis Tobijanski and Margaret Sullivan, the great grandparents of both Christine (Tobinski) Terry and D.K.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin , based on sharing 241 cM across 15 segments. DNA test taker Christine (Tobinski) Terry is the daughter of Frank Tobinski, the son of Francis Tobinski, the son of the common ancestors Franciscus Francis Tobijanski & Margaret Sullivan.
  • Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Christine (Tobinski) Terry and Thomas.N., her half 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestor is Simon TOBIJANSKI, the great great grandfather of Christine (Tobinski) Terry and great grandfather of Thomas.N.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 4th-6th, based on sharing 45 cM across 3 segments.We share Simon Tobijanski BUT with different wives. The wives however were sisters. Christine is the daughter of Frank Tobinski who is the great grandson of the common ancestor Simon TOBIJANSKI.

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Hello Christine,

As you have been a member of WikiTree for a few weeks now I thought I would check in to see how you are getting on with the site.

Has the New Member How-To been helpful or left you with any questions?

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Congrats on being a Family Member of WikiTree!

First, make sure you check out our New Member How-To pages. They will save you time learning our system: New Member How-To pages. Please take a look at our Honor Code. You may be interested in the Sullivan Name Study!

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DNA at WikiTree provides a visual way for you to find others who have tested and have the potential of having common ancestors. To get the best results, you need to start with yourself and add sourced profiles for your ancestors until you can connect to existing profiles in WikiTree. 24 hours later, your test will have populated on the profiles of your ancestors and their descendants, where others with potential matches may also appear.

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posted by Azure Robinson
Hello, I am also sending a copy of this email to another greeter Karen (Finnerty) Butler FYI. I am trying to figure this all out. I have a family tree on ancestry.com that I have been working on, as well as 23&me. I have done DNA tests for both. I also had my mom do the dna on ancestry. I tried to do the GEDCOM from ancestry but i must have done something wrong because it didn't work. I also don't know what to do about the family name sullivan on that name study. I did watch the you tube video. I am comfortable with both ancestry and 23&me and pretty comfortable with the computer (MAC apple.) I am around today but leaving tomorrow thru Monday so won't be able to work on this. When you get the chance, can you help me either today or after Monday. My email is [email address removed] Thanks for any help you may suggest. I also have my dna from both sites and not sure how to download that into this site either. I will keep reading until I hear from you. Thanks, Chris
Welcome

This is just a note to say hi and to let you know that I'm available to answer questions about joining WikiTree.

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Hello, I am also sending a copy of this email to another greeterAzure Robinson FYI. I am trying to figure this all out. I have a family tree on ancestry.com that I have been working on, as well as 23&me. I have done DNA tests for both. I also had my mom do the dna on ancestry. I tried to do the GEDCOM from ancestry but i must have done something wrong because it didn't work. I also don't know what to do about the family name sullivan on that name study. I did watch the you tube video. I am comfortable with both ancestry and 23&me and pretty comfortable with the computer (MAC apple.) I am around today but leaving tomorrow thru Monday so won't be able to work on this. When you get the chance, can you help me either today or after Monday. My email is [email address removed] Thanks for any help you may suggest. I also have my dna from both sites and not sure how to download that into this site either. I will keep reading until I hear from you. Thanks, Chris
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Hi Christine,

At WikiTree we do not post our personal email address on our profile as it can lead to receiving unwanted spam as WikiTree is a public website. At WikiTree we communicate by posting a comment on another member profile or sending a personal message from the profile of a member.

This is how to download a GEDCOM from Ancestry. When you log in to Ancestry click on your tree and select the tree setting, on the right hand side under manage your tree click on export your tree and that will start the GEDCOM, it takes a few minutes, once it has downloaded you can then upload it on here. It will take a few minutes to upload, and you will get a message through when it is ready. The GEDCOM will not automatically populate your tree, it generates a GEDCOMpare report which you work through either accepting or rejecting suggested matches, once you have done this any remaining names will need to be added manually. Sometimes there can be a hiccup in the system when downloading a GEDCOM, the last time I did one, it took 3 attempts to download it

There is a limit of 5000 names with the GEDCOM.

One of our mentors created a tutorial for the GEDCOMpare process that others found very helpful. I hope that you will too.

This link will help you with Adding your DNA to your profile, Getting started with DNA outlines how to proceed to use your DNA test information on WikiTree and DNA is a link to a collection of links about WikiTree's many features involving DNA.

The DNA Connections list on your profile will provide a visual way for you to find potential relatives on WikiTree who have also added their DNA test information. Using DNA tools at sites like GEDMatch.com, if you find a relative that matches your DNA sufficiently and you have genealogical sources for the intermediate relationships, you can mark the specific parental relationships back to the most recent ancestor that you both share as "confirmed with DNA." For details, guidance, and examples of how to properly document DNA confirmations, see DNA confirmation.

To get the best results, begin adding sourced profiles for your ancestors until you can connect to ancestors already in WikiTree. If you have exhausted what you know on one line, it can sometimes help to add what you know on another line. The more branches you are able to add the greater the likelihood of finding potential cousins to match with. The process of identifying which branch elements of DNA relate to will better enable you to find matches that relate to the particular branches you are researching.

With your mothers DNA, she would need to create her own account with us, members are no longer allowed to add another persons DNA to the site, due to privacy laws that came out in 2018.

I hope this helps, any problems, please let me know

Take care Karen

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