BREAKING NEWS!!! Powell DNA results confirm 3 sister's genealogy research

YES, Patsy and Betty, that is what our results say.

We have been following our family history through a paper trail for over 20 years now. AND... we have found that our Powell family came to Virginia in the early 1600's. We are pretty sure he came from England, and think it is likely he came from the London slums. But, maybe it was his father or grandfather that came over, but I think it was likely him as we have NOT been able to find a paper connection between Charles and any of the Powell's already here. We have traced the line down to us and have a good paper trail on many, many of the male lines of descent down to the present or at least to around 1900. I did not find that any of these other lines we have traced from our Charles were tested in the Powell DNA project. So, when we looked at our paper trail, we did not connect Charles to any of the Powell's that were tested in the DNA project as far as we know. Therefore, when our DNA did not give an exact match to any of the other Powell's in the project, the DNA results matched what we had already established with our paper trail. No matches in America.

Also, our paper trail leads me to believe we could be related somehow to some of the other Powell families already here, but I can not tell exactly if that is so. Our DNA, I think points to a relationship to some of these other Powell families in the DNA project, but we cannot tell exactly how we are related.

I copied the Powell DNA numbers from the Website into an Excel file and sorted it by numbers. Of the Powell DNA numbers that start 13-23 for the first two numbers only 2, yes 2, NC-17 and ENG-6 are exact 25 marker matches. And, not one, again not one, of the 12 that start 13-23 are exact 37 marker matches.

There are some 37 marker exact matches within the Powell DNA numbers, but not one exact 37 marker match within any of the 12 that start out with the numbers that start like ours.

AND, about the Whalebone thingy. Our Charles Powell born in 1740, listed on the Overwharton Parish Register as a son of Charles Powell and Elizabeth, was NOT the last child born to this couple. Three weeks before Charles died on April 30, 1744 Elizabeth had a daughter named Peggy Powell.

And lastly, I think there is a good possiblity that Patsy and Betty are closely related to Sarah Palin.

And NOW, I went back to the Family Tree DNA web page and looked at what Betty says are matches between our DNA and people with surnames other than Powell. They do say we have exact 12 marker matches with some of those tested. It also says of all the thousounds (136,937) of DNA tests not one is a perfect match to us on the 25 marker test, and for those who tested 37 markers, the closest match is a 4 step match. That is matching 33 of the 37.

That is why Betty and Patsy are related to Sarah Palin. They are American exceptionists.