Julie Gammons has been in touch to say that her husband’s grandfather’s DNA (William Clyde Gammons) is a very good match to my own. Even though our known ancestors lived on opposite sides of “the pond”, it is likely that we are distant cousins!
Here is what FamilyTreeDNA’s analysis states:
In comparing Y-DNA37 markers, which show 4 mismatches, the probability that Mr. Ross Edwin Gammon and Mr. William Clyde Gammons shared a common ancestor within the last…
| …4 generations is 4.65%. |
| …8 generations is 30.48%. |
| …12 generations is 62.39%. |
| …16 generations is 83.63%. |
| …20 generations is 93.88%. |
| …24 generations is 97.95%. |