Forest of Dean FHT Forum - DNA https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/ Connecting Forest of Dean Researchers World-Wide en DNA (reply) DNA will match you to similar samples ( taken from living people, and occasionally historic samples)

so you are on safe ground with living relatives

However historic trees still suffer the same potential (well intended) inaccuracies Im afraid

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=54968 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=54968 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 07:57:23 +0000 Generalslowhands Reverend Jackman Morse Ten years ago, I posted that I was descended from John Morse (1738 - 1797), who married Margaret Jones. There is still a great deal of confusion on Ancestry, and at the time I said that a few of them list John Morse as Rev. John Morse, son of Jackman, but I dismissed this as an error.

Since then, I have had my DNA tested on Ancestry, and lo and behold, it turns out that Jackman Morse is my 5th-great-grandfather, with four DNA matches. John Morse, married to Margaret Jones, is my fourth great-grandparent - from then on, the family tree makes sense. However, I cannot believe that amongst my coal miners and coal owners in the Forest there is an eminent vicar. The sticking point seems to be John Morse, 1738 - 1739, as in various trees on Ancestry, the children are the same as my John Morse, and in some, completely different. I really don't know how to prove this, but surely the DNA can't be wrong, or can it?

]]> https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=54966 https://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=54966 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:34:25 +0000 Generalmollyrigby