nc native
First Sergeant
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2011
- Location
- NC Piedmont
I was taking a break at work looking at my family tree on Ancestry and Geni and found something I'd never noticed before. Geni traces relationship paths based on your DNA and family tree. For curiosity sake I typed in the names of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. Jackson to see if I was related to them. Geni said there was a connection so I let the computer trace those connections for me. Lo and behold, I am the eleventh cousin twice removed of Robert E. Lee and the thirteenth cousin of Stonewall Jackson once removed. I never realized I was related to such famous Southern leaders. This feature might be something some of you amateur genealogists like me might play around with for amusement on a rainy day or to alleviate boredom if you are shut in like some of us are now.
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