tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post9097053573362849140..comments2024-03-14T11:04:59.667-07:00Comments on AK'S Genealogy Research: Would the real parents of James Forgety please step forwardAnnettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03449882634469681649noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-59421100805114219482013-02-07T17:55:10.678-08:002013-02-07T17:55:10.678-08:00Thanks GeneJ! Yes, they did have basically the sam...Thanks GeneJ! Yes, they did have basically the same life span. I can see where people got confused because they also married women with the same first name. We do definitely have two different men. We have a long genelogy for one and a short genealogy for the other.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449882634469681649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-6271160688333341852013-02-07T13:34:52.885-08:002013-02-07T13:34:52.885-08:00I think you have the two in the census ... so mayb...I think you have the two in the census ... so maybe the point is to separate the logic by first--they are two different men. This "proof argument" then stands on its own. Once you have them "proven" as separate, then the parentage argument about your man better advances on its own.GeneJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627640410669978708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-46951417122084733192013-02-07T13:29:48.677-08:002013-02-07T13:29:48.677-08:00"A misidentification occurred when someone mi..."A misidentification occurred when someone mixed up a James Forgety with the correct son of James R. Forgey Sr. and Rachel Miller, i.e. James R. Forgey Jr." <br /><br />Do these two different men have similar life spans? <br /><br />I'm using wikis these days to sort out problems. I recently used 1870 US Census entries to help prove two men name Eli Ropp were not the same man. (I have what I believe are the two marriage records, but the census images somehow drive it home.) See the wiki page, "Two men named Eli Ropp." <br /><br />http://cline-challenge.wikispaces.com/Two+men+named+Eli+Ropp<br /> GeneJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627640410669978708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-184669815908964172013-02-07T09:57:58.128-08:002013-02-07T09:57:58.128-08:00Thanks very much Lynn! Wow, I never heard that sto...Thanks very much Lynn! Wow, I never heard that story. So it sounds like it could be that family. I think a Forgety male may take the Y DNA test? Then we can compare his result with Roger. Annette Kapplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838906750219853975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-67637731329507339282013-02-07T06:48:48.777-08:002013-02-07T06:48:48.777-08:00I will do a DNA test if it will help and if Helen ...I will do a DNA test if it will help and if Helen Travis would then we could compare the two lines. The reason I havn't done one is because Roger did one and ours would be very close.<br />Lynn Forgey Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156518622414756902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-38449873109975980232013-02-07T06:46:04.619-08:002013-02-07T06:46:04.619-08:00I believe the real parents would be John Thomas Fo...I believe the real parents would be John Thomas Forgey and Louisa Jane Weeks Forgey.One reason I believe it was them is because of a story that my Grandfathers brother (Uncle John Forgey) told about his Dad's(Dave Forgey) older brother who left the family because of his sister marrying someone that the family did not approve of and they never saw him again. Never even heard of him again! They assumed he died.Lynn Forgey Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04156518622414756902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6592153507467992076.post-25094939430975128172013-02-07T04:37:48.271-08:002013-02-07T04:37:48.271-08:00Is there enough DNA evidence at this point to make...Is there enough DNA evidence at this point to make that option viable?<br /><br />BettyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16149186891188677587noreply@blogger.com