Back in 2008, the genetic genealogist Blaine Bettinger wrote an interesting and educational post, “Where Was My Y-DNA in 1808?” Today, in the same spirit of curiosity and wonder, I created this map, tracing how my mitochondrial DNA–the very DNA in every cell of my body–was also in the cells of so many maternal ancestors….
Category: Hamilton Families
Hamilton line from Ayrshire, Scotland in the 18th century
Gramma, or Harriett “Bee” Jones Barr Grove Johnston Hamilton
The woman I knew throughout my childhood as Gramma Harriet was my mother’s stepmother. Mom’s parents had divorced when she was a teenager, and her dad, my Poppy, had married Harriet a month before I came into the world. By the time I was a couple years old, I could already feel the frostiness between…
Rootedness 