DNA evidence has established that Susan Wheeler was born in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, not Cazenovia, New York. Her family moved from Massachusetts to New York when she was 1-2 years old.
Sources
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths" database on familysearch.org; 1860 census; 1870 census; 1880 census
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36824940/susan-damon: accessed 21 October 2023), memorial page for Susan Damon (1811–1887), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36824940, citing Garfield Cemetery, Kane County, Illinois, USA
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Susan 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 Susan: