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Subject: Re: [PIATT] DNA study
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 04:25:02 +0000


For Sharolynn,

You are right that we have no participant in the DNA study who comes from the Arkansas line of Pyeatts or from the Texans either. Testing one of these gentlemen would disclose whether this line matches the particpants who believe they come from Rene. If the test is not a match, a second gentleman should be tested.

Likewise we have no particpant who represents the line of NC Rev soldier Joseph Pyatt, although we are hoping to rectify that. It would appear from logic, I hope more than a hunch, that there are at least three Piatt/Pyatt immigrations--Rene of NJ, Rev War Joseph Pyatt from Staffordshire(?) ENG, and the Pyatts of the SC coast. Whether there may be a connection or not among these lines prior to arriving in the colonies could be proved or disproved by DNA testing.

The surname study is by no means over and the more particpants we have the better will be our understanding of the various Piatt/Pyatt lines.
--
Laverne Ingram Piatt
Ontario, OH




-------------- Original message from "Sharolynn Pyeatt" <>: --------------


> As I mentioned in my last posting, not all of us who have participated
> in the DNA study for the PIATT-PYATT-PYEATT family match with the other
> participants.
>
>
>
> As I recall, when Laverne PIATT presented the findings based upon about
> 19 participants at the 2003 PIATT researchers conference, there were 2
> or 3 of us who did not match the main group, but who were closer to each
> other and may constitute a second grouping. My family was one of those
> who did not match the main group.
>
>
>
> In our case, we knew that there was some question about the parentage of
> my father. My grandmother was married twice and my father was born 13
> months after her first marriage and two years before her divorce was
> granted. But, when it finally came to light that the surname on my
> father's birth certificate was HAMILTON, not PYEATT, she claimed that
> his birth father was truly George PYEATT. My father was 29 years old at
> the time. Even his PYEATT aunts and uncles were unaware that my dad's
> parents hadn't married until my father was 2 years old-but Grandpa
> PYEATT was in the merchant marine, so his contact with his brothers and
> sisters was limited at that time. It is possible that Nana was just
> telling my father what she thought he wanted to hear since the only
> father he had ever known was George.
>
>
>
> If we were the only DNA strain that didn't match, our family could
> assume that our blood line followed the HAMILTON surname. But, we can't
> prove that either. Although not an exact match, our DNA was closer to
> another participant who spells our surname PYATT and which has very
> definite ties to Virginia/West Virginia.
>
>
>
> One of the greatest advantages of having a large sample of participants
> in the PIATT-PYATT-PYEATT DNA study is that it give us clues as to
> whether our research assumptions are accurate. If, in building our
> family tree, we come across someone whose DNA does not match-then we
> need to determine if it was just a single case of mistaken parentage or
> if this presents a different family line, who just happens to settle
> down in the vicinity of an older, more firmly established line.
>
>
>
> To my knowledge, we have no participants who have a firmly established
> tie to the Arkansas and Texas PYEATT's. If we could build a database
> with participants who can show at least 4 generations of PIATT (and all
> its variant spellings) ancestry, we could more clearly determine just
> how we relate to one another. Or, we may show that there are two or
> three separate and distinct PIATT family groups in the U.S.
>
>
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> If we could find more individuals who were willing to participate, it
> would really be helpful in solving some of our genealogical questions.
>
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>
> Thanks again to you all!!
>
>
>
> Sharolynn
>
>
>
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