Jones Family

That Amazing Leila Denmark Story, Part II: I’m her Husband’s 3rd Cousin, 2x Removed.

The saga continues of my Leila (Daughtry) Denmark story. If you don’t know what I am referring to, click for the original post about my mother and her young friend, Jane, both having the same pediatrician 65 years apart. Today,…
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My mom and her young neighbor, Jane, had the same pediatrician 65 years apart!

Yes, you read that headline correctly. This blog entry doesn’t reflect serious genealogical research but it’s a wonderful story nonetheless. In 2005, my brother and I moved our mother from the east coast to Texas. At the time, Mom was…
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DNA Testing My Paternal Uncle Uncovered a Number of New Jones Family Ancestors— And I Don’t Know Who They Are.

Oh, the can of worms that a DNA test can open…. Recently, I had a paternal uncle who has the surname of Jones Y-67 marker DNA tested with FamilyTreeDNA. Looking at his results, I saw that he had two “cousins”…
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Madness Monday: Searching For the Second Family of Charlie Thomas Jones.

My question for this edition of Madness Monday is — What was the name of the second wife of Charles Thomas Jones and what happened to her after their separation? I am also attempting to find the names of the two…
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Madness Monday– Who is this man?

This week’s Madness Monday post (and, yes, I realize that it’s Tuesday– I’ve been busy!): The photo here was taken somewhere in the 1920s or 1930s by Veran Blackburn Photography in Valdosta, Georgia. It was found in a box of family…
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