For those who would rather do their own research than trust anything I have to say, I, William Mortensen Vaughan, am the son of William Knowlton Vaughan-3998 (KWJ6-DCK) and Merle Allen (née Mortensen). My FamilyTreeDNA Kit Number is 157904. My GEDmatch Kit Number is FC6733318, and my ID 1369118. My AncestryDNA ID is ssg_retired_vaughan.
- Autosomal (AncestryDNA and FamilyTreeDNA's Family Finder)
- Mitochondrial (FamilyTreeDNA's mtFull)
- Y-DNA (FamilyTreeDNA's Big Y-700)
How often have you heard someone say, "He's not kin to me!" or "We're not related!"?
As far as I'm concerned, all creatures in the Animal Kingdom are related; if we are all related to reptiles, we are all certainly related to each other, so the question is not "Are we related?" The obvious answer to that question is "Yes." The questions are "How closely are we related?" and "How well can we prove it?" The answers to these questions change as technology advances and more information becomes available.
- Biographies (labeled "Biographies")
- Reviews of Genealogical Websites and DNA Tests (labeled "Reviews")
- Walk-Throughs (labeled "Walk-Thrus"): These posts are posts about genealogical discoveries I've made, and how I made them.
Code Names
To identify my forebears and relatives, I have developed my own code, using characters which are used in URLs. It is also based on a spreadsheet. Each letter or combination of letters representing the columns represents a generation. Each forebear is listed in the order that it would appear on a horizontal pedigree chart, starting with my father on top. So my parents are _A1 and _A2, _A1 being my father, and _A2 being my mother. The underscores are merely place holders to line up the letters in case I get to AA, AB, and so on. My paternal grandfather is _B1; my paternal grandmother, _B2; my maternal grandfather, _B3; and my maternal grandmother, _B4; and so on.
[nothing] or ' spouse; e.g., 1 is my first wife, María del Lourdes Bentos Balkon, and 2 is my second wife, Libertad Green. _A2'2 is my mother's second husband; her first husband is my father, _A1.
~ upstream; e.g., A2'2~A1 is the father of the second husband of my mother
! highlights a relationship which is in doubt; e.g., E1! is perhaps my 3Xs great grandfather, but it's doubtful
@ adoptive parent; e.g., 2@A1 = my wife's adoptive father
$ slave. NOTE: This is in case I discover any slaves who were owned by my forebears; as of yet, I don't know for certain that any of my forebears owned any slaves. On the contrary, two of my forefathers (Luther Clay Vaughan and Luke Wright Osborn) served, at or about age fifteen, in the Union Army, during the U.S. Civil War, in the 132nd Indiana Infantry and the 19th Iowa Infantry, respectively.
Name(s) are used, if known; numbers are assigned - odd for males, even for females, in order of age; e.g., E31$1Joe would be Joe, the oldest male slave of my 3Xs great grandfather.
& polygamous spouse, numbered in order of marriage; e.g., _C5&1 is the first wife of my great grandfather, who was in a polygamous relationship with him; _C6 is his second wife, but, more importantly, my great grandmother. (Yes, one of my great grandfathers was a Mormon polygamist, named Morten Peder Andersen, a.k.a. Morten Peter Mortensen.)
( characters in parentheses represent the approximate year(s) B.C. or A.D. a relative was probably born and/or died; for examples, (1200BC-1100BC) is a year of birth circa 1200 B.C., and a death circa 1100 B.C.; (250BC-100BC), a year of birth circa 250 B.C., and a year of death circa 100 B.C; (10BC-50AD), a year of birth circa 10 B.C., and a year of death circa 50 A.D.
) (See open parenthesis above.)
- divorcee; e.g., 1~A2-1 would be the first husband of my first wife's mother, whom she divorced
+ extramarital mate; e.g., 2~A1+3 would the third person with whom my first wife's father had an extramarital affair and became pregnant
= adopted child; e.g., 2~B3.1=1 would be the first child (adopted) of the first child of my second wife's maternal grandfather
[ characters in brackets are the names of people in an unknown relationship with the person represented by the preceding characters; e.g., E4[Mary_Jonston] is Mary Jonston, whose relationship with my 3Xs great grandmother is uncertain
] (See open bracket above.)
, illegitimate child; e.g., D13,1 would be the firstborn but illegitimate child of a certain, maternal, 2Xs great grandfather
. legitimate child; e.g., A2'2.1 & A2'2.2 would be the first and second children of my mother's second husband
_ space (see bracket above) OR a child adopted by the person represented by the previous characters, numbered in order of age; e.g., E4_1 would be the oldest child (adopted) of my 3Xs great grandmother.
A Growing List of Code Names for My Relatives
__1.................María del Lourdes Bentos Balkon
__2.................Libertad Green
_A1.................William Knowlton Vaughan
_A2.................Merle Mortensen
_A2'2...............Ralph Lavene Allen, Sr.
_A2'2'1.............Johanna Marie Meenderink
_A2'2'1.1...........Ralph Lavene Allen, Jr.
_A2'2'1.2...........Carol Loretta Allen
_A2'2'1.2'1.........John Koegler
_A2'2'1.2'1.1.......Ramona Koegler
_B1.................William Swift Vaughan
_B1'1.2.............Sidney Knowlton Vaughan
_B1'1.2'1...........Charlotte Allaben Vaughan
_B1'1.2'1~A1........Max Fenimore Allaben
_B1'1.2'1~A2........Flora Elizabeth Solfisburg Allaben
_B1'1.2'1.1.........David Sidney Vaughan
_B1'1.2'1.2.........Warren Charles Vaughan
_B2.................Maud Osborn Knowlton
_B3'1...............Hulda Amelia Smith
_B3'1.1.............Amelia LaBlanche "Blanche" Mortensen
_B3'1.1'1...........Wallace Wight Pulsipher
_B3'1.1'1.1.........Ruth Pulsipher
_B3'1.1'1.1'1.......Mick Nelson
_B3'1.1'1.2.........Sylvia Pulsipher
_B3'1.1'1.3.........Marian Pulsipher
_B3'1.1.3'1.........Robert S. Hope, Sr.
_B3'1.1.3.2.........Trudena Hope
_B3'1.1.3.3.........Dale Hope
_B3'1.1.3.4.........Valerie Hope
_B3'1.2.............Loyal Roland Mortensen
|B3'1.3.............Sylvia Lavon Mortensen
_B3'1.4.............Hyrum Smith Mortensen
_B3'1.4'1...........Ila Burton
_B3'1.4'1...........Gary Burton Mortensen
_B3'1.5.............Clara Leola Mortensen
_B3'1.5'1...........Arthur Leon Murray, Sr.
_B3'1.5'1.1.........Arthur Leon Murray, Jr.
_B3'1.5'1.2.........James Roland Murray
_B3'1.6.............Hulda Josephine Mortensen
_B3'1.7.............Milton Parker Mortensen
_B3'1.7'1...........Nancy Anastasia Wapensky
_B3'1.7'1.1.........Mary Ann Mortensen
_B3'1.8.............Roland Nels Mortensen
_B3'1.9.............Maynard Lamar Mortensen
_B3'1.10............Marian Christena Mortensen
_C1.................Luther Clay Vaughan-4000
_C2.................Mary Catharine Swift
_C1'1.4.............Rutherford Birchard Vaughan, a.k.a. Dewitt Rutherford Vaughan
_C1'1.4'1...........Mary McDonald Evans
_C1'1.4'1.1.........Virgil Birchard Vaughan (GWVM-S8T)
_C1'1.4'1.1'1.......Virgil Birchard Vaughan's first wife, Elmira Elsie Hamel (MWJP-H3H) married 8 Jun 1921, Cook County, Illinois
_C1'1.4'1.1'1.1.....Elaine Marie Vaughan (GW8M-9CP)
_C1'1.4'1.1'2.......Virgil Birchard Vaughan's second wife, Rose Katherine Kuczborski (GWVM-ZSB) married 27 Aug 1925, Cook County, Illinois
_C1'1.4'1.1'2.1.....Birchard "Bert" George Vaughan (GWVM-3QS)
_C1'1.4'1.1'2.1'1...Birchard "Bert" George Vaughan's wife (GCL9-31C)
_C1'1.4'1.1'2.1'1.1.....Duane Wesley Vaughan (GCLM-FX4)
_C1'1.4'1.1'2.1'1.1'1...Leslie (GCLM-R7F)
_C1'1.4'1.1'2.2.....Catherine Vaughan (GCLM-X7L)
_C1'1.4'1.1'2.3.....Winifred Vaughan (GCLM-23G)
_C5.................Morten Peder Andersen
_C5'2.2.............Amelia Christina Mortensen Jensen
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Introduction and FAQ by William Mortensen Vaughan
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