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        <![CDATA[ Modern methods for tracing family history by genetic testing continues to grow in popularity for a variety of purposes.  The demand has fueled several genealogy-based DNA analysis companies as FamilyTreeDNA, an online service where one can submit ones personal sample of DNA from saliva via a test kit to add to the database.To date there are nearly 3000 surname projects that have started through this one companys testing.  Most common because of its simplicity and inexpensiveness is the... ]]>
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			<description><![CDATA[ John adopted the son and named him Charles Ashby Smothers, and then had several children of his own with Mary Ashby.<br>==============<br>Correction:<br>John Bate Smeathers sr did NOT adopt Charles Ashby.<br>John never called Charles Smothers.<br>Mary always called Charles an Ashby.<br>When John died intestate suddenly, his wife Mary Ashby Smeathers filed a guardianship record stating Charles was her son, not John's. this was so Charles would NOT inherit from John's estate. It took 12yr to... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Yes, DNA is one way to clear up things about the fable of the Yellow Rose to see if the Rose and the wife of Lorenzo Zavala are the same person. <br><br>BUT, what is equally important is historical documentation. What do we have to do to prove this groundless assertion? We have a footnote about Houston's comment on color girls to an Englishman, named Bollert; we have a passport and a work contract. Is this really enough to support a contention that a free slave was the wife of Lorenzo?... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ DNA testing recently cleared up which descendants were from early Texas DeWitt Colonist <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/smothers.htm" target="top">William Smeathers/Smothers</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--> and which were from the adopted child of William Smeathers's son, John B. Smothers Sr.<br><br>His wife Mary Ashby brought a son to her marriage that was supposedly a product of a sexual assault when she was single, John adopted the son and named him Charles Ashby... ]]></description>

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