I am re posting this here so maybe we can figure this out.
Managers of Braten S Jernigan,
I am contacting you about this profile: Braten S Jernigan
Sincerely,
Lucille Harrell Lawson
My 3rd great grandfather is Alexander "Alex" Jarnagin (spelled on his marriage license) in Jefferson County, TN to Elizabeth Amos (per marriage license) in 1825.
My cousin states that Braten S. Jernigan is Alex's father. Darlis Jernigan is on GedMatch and I match when he reduced the Centimorgans (cM) down to 3.
Hello Lucille,
Braten is my 4th great uncle. He is the brother of my 3rd great grandmother Celia F. Jernigan who married Green H. Fields. I would be interested in comparing our kits as well. I am not familiar with Darlis Jernigan but I am going to look them up on Gedmatch if I can. Usually that small amount of cM means you are related a lot further back then 3 or 4 generations but I could be wrong (the only time I lower it that low is if I want to go back to 8+ generations). Do you have any other trees? Anyway I am excited to hear back from you.
Keri Denise Jackson, ♊ Twin "A"
Braten would be my 4th great grandfather. Since Braten is not Darlis Jernigan's direct ancestor it would go further back. My Gedmatch # is A223979. My 3rd great grandfather got married in Jefferson County, TN in 1825 and lived in Grainger County, TN after married and Lee County, VA. My great great grandparents (Franklin "Frank" Jarnagin and Harriett Yount Jarnagin) also had a child that married into the Fields family. Her name was Nan Jarnagin Fields.
Hello Lucille,
I used Gedmatch but it only gave my I think it said 5.2 is the highest on 3 separate chromosomes which is still lower than I was expecting based on my other 3rd and 4th cousins. But it looks like we are definitely related. Who did you do your test thru? Do you have a tree somewhere else? I have trees everywhere so chances are I have one on the same site you do besides Geni. :) Nice to meet you.
Keri Denise Jackson, ♊ Twin "A"
I just used Gedmatch and compared your DNA with my Dad's DNA and there is no match even when I selected a min of 3 cM. Which means something is not correct I am not sure what that means as the connection should be greater not less. My dad is also a direct relation to Celia F. Jernigan. Do you have any tree or anything? Something I can look at. I looked at your tree here but you are not connected to me so maybe you are related to a different set of Jarnigans? Maybe our relationship is through someone else. I match the DNA of my fields and Jernigan relatives like I said at a higher level so I am very perplexed about this. I will be doing more research. I want to say that I think I am related to another Jernigan clan or maybe they are Jarnigan or Jarnigin and not Jernigan but I think through my mother which would explain this. Do you have any source? Who is your 3rd great grandfather? My locations and dates don't match up to the information you posted already from what I can tell. .I am going to re post this as a profile discussion so maybe we can get some help with this.
Keri Denise Jackson, ♊ Twin "A"
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
