Hatfield and related families.
The following information for Forensic Historians, Genealogists, and Ancestry Research buffs was extracted directly from the Ancestry Projects Page on GEDmatch.com. Kristi Lami is a confirmed DNA member of the group. Kristi Lami is the host of “Are You Related to Morgan Plantagenet?” located in the same free section of their Global Intelligence based Ancestry Platform. Please contact them directly for information about joining. We can only answer questions about our own group. The hosts of their program will have to assist you with any ancestral verifications of your own DNA. If you do match their terms for inclusion, we recommend that you add your own GED kit match number for inclusion in the Ancestry Preservation Project helping to solve cold cases in health and for the medical welfare of all.
“There are several Hatfield families in America, and they are not all related to each other. Which one is yours? Results of Y-DNA testing separates living Hatfield descendants into distinct family groups, and autosomal DNA testing as seen at GEDmatch has the power to identify branches of descent within each Hatfield family tree. Are you aware that major genealogical publications now expect you to show that you have examined genetic evidence as well as classic documents used to prove ancestry? Do you appreciate that a solid match group of three or more descendants on the same spot on the same chromosome can be cited as evidence of shared ancestry in the same way that you might cite a will or a death certificate? Let this project help you write your family history! If you are curious to use DNA to prove your Hatfield ancestry, join us in this project. Researchers who suspect Hatfield heritage going back to any early Hatfield ancestor are welcome, as are descendants of families who intermarry with the Hatfields. Since autosomal DNA comes from both your male and female ancestors, it is as important to have members of this project who are searching for an early Hatfield as it is to use this project to identify the wives and mothers of Hatfields. Join this project not only for your own autosomal DNA test kit, but also – with permission – for the GEDmatch kits of your known relatives and your matches here or on the match list of the testing company you have used. If your matches could be Hatfields or their spouses and are not on GEDmatch, reach out and ask them to join. The more descendants of your problem ancestor who crop up in this project, the greater your chance of actually using DNA test results to answer your questions. DNA cannot lie. Coupled with documentation, you should be able to confirm whether or not a family tradition passed down to you has a basis in fact or not. It is always better to know when your ancestry is correct than it is to pass on an unprovable myth.”