Thanks to an understanding woman\u00c2\u00a0sympathetic to our search, we are now closer to learning Frank’s and our true surname and a major part of our history prior to 1900. \u00c2\u00a0This woman\u00c2\u00a0is a major breakthrough in our search. After comparing our respective DNA, 23andMe concludes\u00c2\u00a0that she is 2nd Cousin to Bryce, Brian, Marcus and me, as well as a 2nd Cousin once removed to my sons David and Jon.<\/p>\n
No doubt, finding new second cousins has come\u00c2\u00a0as a huge surprise to her and her family. \u00c2\u00a0I’ve not yet asked her permission to reveal her name but will do so once I complete this phase of research with some\u00c2\u00a0reasonable findings. \u00c2\u00a0Some\u00c2\u00a0new friends at the Ontario Genealogical society are\u00c2\u00a0being of tremendous help in this more complex phase of the search.<\/p>\n
Based on information that she provided, Frank’s\u00c2\u00a0surname is likely one of the following, with my calculated\u00c2\u00a0probability indicated:<\/p>\n
We are investigating the following.<\/p>\n
Locations<\/strong>:<\/p>\n Time period:<\/strong> 1870 +\/- 20 years<\/p>\n Generation<\/strong>: 2nd Cousin’s\u00c2\u00a0GreatGrandParents (2G), and, if necessary, her 3GParents<\/p>\n DNA factor<\/strong><\/p>\n The critical 2nd cousin forecast by 23andMe is based on the following industry ratios.<\/p>\n Brother Brian and cousins Bryce and Marcus share similar, even larger amounts of DNA with our common 2nd cousin.<\/p>\n Ashkenazim factor<\/strong><\/p>\n This suggests that Frank\u00c2\u00a0was half Ashkenazim, therefore one of his parents was not “genetically” Ashkenazim otherwise my Ashkenazim content would be double to ~25%.<\/p>\n Male Y-chromosome factor<\/strong><\/p>\n The male Y-chromosome has been of little\u00c2\u00a0help yet in this search since women don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t carry it.\u00c2\u00a0But, since Frank\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Y-chromosome E-M84 (E1b1b1c1a) also known as E-L117 was passed on to me via my father and since it is the second largest Y-chromosome among Jewish males, after J1, that fact combined with our\u00c2\u00a0Ashkenazim DNA percentages suggests strongly that\u00c2\u00a0(my estimate 90%+) that Francis’\/Frank’s father was an Ashkenazim Jew.<\/p>\n Working Hypothesis<\/strong><\/p>\n Therefore, I posit–for the moment–that we share a\u00c2\u00a0GreatGrandFather\u00c2\u00a0as\u00c2\u00a0the\u00c2\u00a0Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA).<\/p>\n Other DNA Cousins and Triangulation<\/strong><\/p>\n Preliminary search has been started along two lines using other DNA cousins to triangulate with our 2nd Cousin’s\u00c2\u00a02G and 3G Parents.<\/p>\n Investigative line number one has been to find cousins we match in common<\/strong> on 23andMe where DNA lab\u00c2\u00a0testing took place. \u00c2\u00a0I also found\u00c2\u00a0those matching cousins who also cited in their ancestral surnames one of our 2nd Cousin’s\u00c2\u00a0four 2G Parents’ surnames. \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0That small group now requires further cross triangulation and ranking with each other.<\/p>\n Investigative line number two has been to\u00c2\u00a0find the specific DNA fragments on specific chromosomes that the six of us share with our 2nd Cousin. \u00c2\u00a0They are on chromosomes 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 16. \u00c2\u00a0The next step, to be taken only if necessary, is to use services like GEDmatch and DNAgedcom to find cousin matches to me on those fragments. \u00c2\u00a0Subsequently, it would be necessary to find means of verifying which of those also match our 2nd cousin. \u00c2\u00a0This step is in an area of DNA analysis about which I know too little.<\/p>\n The Orphan Factor<\/strong><\/p>\n Our 2nd cousin knows of no missing relatives. \u00c2\u00a0Had there been such, this search could have likely concluded much sooner.<\/p>\n One of my new genealogy friends discovered a 1900 Iowa Census showing an 11 year old Frank McColum as a boarder (read labourer) on the Stover farm in Pocahontas, Sherman Township (Havelock), Iowa.\u00c2\u00a0His birth date varies on records from 1889 to 1891.<\/p>\n It was only one or two years later that our Frank walked into Saskatchewan, connecting with the Benolkin\u00c2\u00a0family somewhere along the way, with whom he stayed at their new farm at Dundurn, Saskatchewan before getting old enough to get his own land at Hanley, Saskatchewan. \u00c2\u00a0He stayed friends with the Benolkins\u00c2\u00a0throughout his life. \u00c2\u00a0I have spoken to one of the family who remembers him.<\/p>\n Of note\u00c2\u00a0is the fact that the route from this farm in Iowa\u00c2\u00a0to Dundurn is along roads that are virtually\u00c2\u00a0a one thousand mile straight line through the Beardsley, Minnesota community from which the Benolkins left, less than 500 miles to the\u00c2\u00a0north north west.<\/p>\n Also, family lore has it that several times Frank returned to the United States to look for a brother. \u00c2\u00a0He also said that the orphanage records had been burned in a fire. \u00c2\u00a0In 1920 orphanage and other municipal records were burned in a \u00c2\u00a0warehouse in Havelock, Iowa the community nearest to the Iowa farm where Frank McColum\u00c2\u00a0laboured. \u00c2\u00a0Also, in 1894 a major fire in central Saginaw burned many buildings including an orphanage.<\/p>\n The birth and orphan records of that time in Missouri, and presumably, Iowa were not comprehensive in any case.<\/p>\n Other -\u00c2\u00a0Mary Clara Lugiewicz \u00c2\u00a0(born Lewandowski) <\/strong><\/p>\n We have and will\u00c2\u00a0also pursue further leads concerning his time as an orphan, following up on cryptic information on this Military Attestation form completed when signing up for WWI. Some of this relates specifically to a reference to a female next of kin, Clara “Tygrnwitz”. \u00c2\u00a0 This information was scrawled in the margin and consequently our interpretation was wrong. \u00c2\u00a0The name is Mary Clara Lugiewicz \u00c2\u00a0(born Lewandowski) at 277 Winter St.,\u00c2\u00a0Saginaw Michigan. \u00c2\u00a0I have procured his full military documentation where the information was typed several times. That street exists, Winter St., but the address does not now exist but may have\u00c2\u00a0existed in that earlier, less organised time.<\/p>\n Frank’s relationship to Clara\u00c2\u00a0is unknown. \u00c2\u00a0Clara\u00c2\u00a0was 15 years older than Frank. \u00c2\u00a0The Clara Lugiewicz we found was born in Poland\/Germany in 1875 as was her husband Andrew Lugiewicz. \u00c2\u00a0They immigrated in\u00c2\u00a01890 and 1891 respectively and married in Saginaw in 1896. They had 8\u00c2\u00a0children together. \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0They seemed to have lived on Winter St. for their lives. \u00c2\u00a0He had a store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thanks to an understanding woman\u00c2\u00a0sympathetic to our search, we are now closer to learning Frank’s and our true surname and a major part of our history prior to 1900. \u00c2\u00a0This woman\u00c2\u00a0is a major breakthrough in our search. 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\n DNA Shared Between 2nd Cousin\u00c2\u00a0and Ian McCallum<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n Normative Genetics<\/strong><\/td>\n Actual Shared<\/strong><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0Second Cousins Share<\/em><\/td>\n \u00c2\u00a0She and I Share<\/em><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n DNA %<\/td>\n <\/td>\n av 3.13%<\/td>\n 3.4%<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n cMs<\/td>\n <\/td>\n 101-378<\/td>\n 253<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Segments<\/td>\n 10–18<\/td>\n 12<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n