Born about in South Carolina
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of John West
and Margaret Irena (Porter) West
Sister of
Harriet M. (West) Yarbrough [half], Jane A (West) Higgins [half], Hester (West) Higgins [half], Malinda E (West) Morris, Angeline (West) Hurston, Elizabeth Jane (West) Daniel, Joseph West, Emily (West) Buise, John Pickney West and William West
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 78
in Atlanta
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Apr 2015
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Biography
Melissa was born about 1841. She is the daughter of John West and Margaret Porter. [1]
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- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Martha Wright, Monday, April 13, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Melissa 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 Melissa:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Katy Ansardi 
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23andMe, GEDmatch M151350 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M151350 [compare], Ancestry member k_ansardi
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M151350 [compare], FTDNA kit #B2609
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~3.12%
Russell Fields :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RussellKFields
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Rejected matches › Elisabeth Jakobsdotter (Wäst) Parkkomäki (1843-)
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