Nancy Hanks' lineage

[Steve Whitlock]

(01-14-2016 08:17 AM)RJNorton Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 07:38 AM)Gene C Wrote:  By whom and when were these dna tests done?

I think Steve's reference is to the testing done by Family Tree DNA at Gene by Gene, Ltd's Genomics Research Center in Houston, TX. The results were announced last year on October 21.

https://www.familytreedna.com/public/Han...ction=news

https://www.genebygene.com/#

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I'm sorry for not responding promptly; however, I didn't set myself up to be notified. Junior member indeed!

Yes, I am referring to the Nancy Hanks Lincoln mtdna study done at the Hanks Surname DNA Project, coordinated by Suzanne Hallstrom. I am a member of that team.

As to the parents of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, her mother is Lucy Hanks, a daughter of Ann (Lee) Hanks, [some say Nancy Ann Lee]. The father of Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln is unknown at this time, as is the father of her half-sister, Sarah Hanks, aka Sarah "Sally" Sparrow. There is no point in me speculating, or repeating speculation of others, as to the identity of the fathers. I will mention that Sophia (Hanks) Lynch-Legrand, a daughter (out of wedlock it appears) of Sarah Hanks told her children that she and Nancy (Hanks) Lincoln were badly mixed, being half-sisters and cousins. To me that implies the fathers of the two girls were possibly brothers.

The father of President Lincoln is Thomas Lincoln. We are hoping to someday get access to proven mtdna and Y-DNA of President Lincoln via artifacts. Even though President Lincoln doesn't pass mtdna to his descendants, (only passes his Y-DNA to descendants) he nevertheless would have his mother's mtdna. All males have both their father's y-dna and mother's mtdna, but only pass the y-dna. All females also have the dna for both parents, but only pass the mtdna to their children.