Your matrilineal line consists of your mother, your mother's mother, her mother, etc, as far back as you can go. This is important because this is how your mitochondrial DNA was passed to you.
Here is my Matrilineal Line:
1. Ginger R. Smith, b. 1976 Ft. Smith, AR
2. Marilyn Godwin married Timothy Smith
3. Sue Carolyn Lasiter (1936 OK - 2003 Sebastian Co., AR) married Lawrence O. Godwin
4. Thelma Louise Benson (1912 Osage Co., OK - 1996 Sebastian Co., AR) married James Putman Lasiter (1908 OK - 1974 Sebastian Co., AR)
5. Eva Mae Dennis (1889 Lamar Co., TX - 1983 Stephens Co., OK) married Barney Sharon Benson (1884 Sebastian Co., AR - 1952 CA)
6. Lucendy Gentry (1868 TN - 1905 Lamar Co., TX) married Reuben Dennis (1867 TX - 1941 Lamar Co., TX)
To top things off, I just so happen to have a 5-generation picture of my matrilineal lines!!!
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| 5 Generation Picture, Fort Smith, Arkansas, March 1976, digitized and privately held by Ginger R. Smith, Durham, North Carolina. This photo was retrieved from Louise Benson Lasiter's house upon her death in 1996 by her daughter Sue Smith. Photo was subsequently passed to Sue's daughter, Marilyn Smith upon Sue's death in 2003, then passed to Marilyn's daughter, Ginger R. Smith in 2009. |
In the chair I [Ginger R. Smith] am being held by my mother, Marilyn Godwin. Standing behind her from left to right is my grandmother, Sue Carolyn Lasiter Godwin, then my great grandmother Thelma Louise Benson Lasiter, then my great-great grandmother, Eva Mae Dennis Benson.
What a treasure! I had a great-grandmother alive when I was born and even visited her as a baby, but no one took a four-generation photo. Even more frustrating, my husband had a great-great-grandmother alive until he was two and no one took any five-generation photos!
ReplyDeleteHow lucky you are to have a multigeneration photo like this one!
ReplyDeleteMiriam and Greta,
ReplyDeleteBecause my parents were so young when I was born and because my grandfather was the oldest of his siblings (I was the first grandbaby on my father's side and only one on my mother's side), I was fortunate to have 6 of my 8 great-grand parents around for most of my young adult life; and 2 great-great grandmothers alive until I was about 2 years of age!
But yes, it's very fortunate that they took the time to photograph all of us :-)
Ginger, my name is Karen Dawisha. My grandmother was Eva Benson. Louise Lassiter was my aunt. If you will email me at dawishkl@muohio.edu, (that is DAWISHKL@MUOHIO.EDU) I have some data I can provide. Karen Dawisha
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