There is a William Marion Watkins who married who married Cora Tapscott in 1900 and I think it is easy to confuse the two families. More research needed. Watkins-7379 16:53, 8 October 2020 (UTC)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Bessie by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 Bessie: