My great grandfather (named G. W. Mitchell, b. 1854)) was suspected of being adopted, with his original somehow connected name being Miller. His assumed biological parents were a J. Mitchell (male b. 1819) and S. Booth (female b. 1822). Using Ancestry Shared DNA matches, I was able to prove that indeed one of G.W.’s parental lines is a Miller line, and the actual Miller family (not the individual) has been identified. I have a write-up about this on Ancestry. The problem here is that I can’t tell whether G.W.’s true male parent was a Mitchell, a Miller, or neither. I obviously can’t tell which. This looks like a Y-Chr analysis is in order, but I’m a little concerned how well this particular separation (between Miller and Mitchell) from an ancestor that far back can be achieved using only my own Mitchell Y-DNA. Can you please advise, and suggest which Y-Chr kit might be best appropriate??
Thanx in advance for your help,
Mitch Mitchell
Thanx in advance for your help,
Mitch Mitchell
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