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no_hypocrisy

(45,774 posts)
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 02:57 PM Aug 2019

Surprise, surprise!

After much research, it turns out that two families on the side of my father's mother kept intermarrying. Cousins, uncles, etc. The same names keep turning up as maiden names for marriage records. One marriage in the Thirties was such a union with "second cousins" actually written on the registration. Can't wait to see my DNA results . . . . . .

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Surprise, surprise! (Original Post) no_hypocrisy Aug 2019 OP
Holy buckets. MontanaMama Aug 2019 #1
I recently discovered that I am descended from one couple three different ways. El Supremo Aug 2019 #2
This is my 5,000th post! Dem2theMax Sep 2019 #6
I do a lot of genealogy research customerserviceguy Aug 2019 #3
I see this among Amish/Mennonite people The Genealogist Aug 2019 #4
Amongst people of European heritage GeoWilliam750 Aug 2019 #5

El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
2. I recently discovered that I am descended from one couple three different ways.
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 03:08 PM
Aug 2019

Back in the Jamestown era. The man's name was Robert "Tater Hole" Woodson. A relative had told me that we have a lot of "Woodsons in the pile." I think this was not uncommon in centuries past.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
3. I do a lot of genealogy research
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 03:12 PM
Aug 2019

and I see that often in the north part of Maine. People who are listed by DNA services as third and fourth cousins are often much farther apart from me than that, because of endogamy.

Not sure if it's true or not, but I did read that for the recorded history of humankind, 80% of marriages were between second cousins or closer. I guess the automobile was a step towards marrying a cousin seem so icky today.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
4. I see this among Amish/Mennonite people
Wed Aug 21, 2019, 03:54 PM
Aug 2019

I see it in a few other families as well, often ones that are more geographically isolated.

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