tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826248344207578284.post844450830706936038..comments2024-03-03T11:33:31.376-05:00Comments on Family Sleuther: What A Tangled Web Genealogy WeavesFamily Sleutherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11584864778317578299noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826248344207578284.post-14796266107833963982018-02-06T22:37:54.388-05:002018-02-06T22:37:54.388-05:00You may be right, Cathy. I was recently reading ab...You may be right, Cathy. I was recently reading about scientists analyzing dirt from cave floors and successfully extracting DNA from ancient humans...without any physical remains. It’s crazy what’s possible. Family Sleutherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584864778317578299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826248344207578284.post-61994659088677482052018-02-05T08:51:17.259-05:002018-02-05T08:51:17.259-05:00You may be joking about exhuming the remains to ha...You may be joking about exhuming the remains to have them tested but this may one day be normal. Love the graphic! Cathy Meder-Dempseyhttps://openingdoorsinbrickwalls.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826248344207578284.post-19553006795006025462018-02-04T21:28:48.012-05:002018-02-04T21:28:48.012-05:00Oh, well---it was one of those grasping for straws...Oh, well---it was one of those grasping for straws theories!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826248344207578284.post-17337161515907314732018-02-04T20:25:32.246-05:002018-02-04T20:25:32.246-05:00It does seem incredibly unusual for someone of tha...It does seem incredibly unusual for someone of that era to live so long. It's my understanding, though, that her age was inscribed (and documented) on her now missing headstone. <br /><br />Also, the Beard family has a pretty thorough genealogy, and the birth year for Margaret's first child is consistently given as 1773, which could fit with her purported 1758 birth year. <br /><br />I suppose the only next logical step is for me to exhume everyone's remains and have them all DNA tested... :) Family Sleutherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584864778317578299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826248344207578284.post-10244635693471474102018-02-04T20:17:20.321-05:002018-02-04T20:17:20.321-05:00Slowly but surely...Slowly but surely...Family Sleutherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584864778317578299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826248344207578284.post-45625987060201684302018-02-04T18:08:57.245-05:002018-02-04T18:08:57.245-05:00The first thing that occurred to me was whether or...The first thing that occurred to me was whether or not Margaret was really born in 1758 because how often did people live to their 90s back then? Is is possible she was born in 1768 or even 1778, making her closer in age to the other Kirks? Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15720293202890878993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5826248344207578284.post-7790290480852688592018-02-04T14:49:34.480-05:002018-02-04T14:49:34.480-05:00Looking forward to you adding the rest of the fami...Looking forward to you adding the rest of the family in there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com