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From: "Anita Acosta" <>
Subject: Re: [PIATT] DNA study
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:26:58 -0800
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Does a woman qualify for the DNA tests? If so, I will do it. As far as
I know there is no male descendent of my Piatt/Pyatt family. My grt grand
mother was a Piatt. In my grd mother's address book , it was spelled Pyatt.
All I know is grt grand mother's mother and father were Jane Smith and Moses
Piatt/Pyatt from W. Vir. also lived in Ohio where my grt grd mother was
born. No clue to who her family was at this time.
Anita in CA.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharolynn Pyeatt" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: [PIATT] DNA study


> 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.
>
>
>
> If we could find more individuals who were willing to participate, it
> would really be helpful in solving some of our genealogical questions.
>
>
>
> Thanks again to you all!!
>
>
>
> Sharolynn
>
>
>
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