Daugherty

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My paternal grandmother Stella Burns had 1 girl and four boys, LaVerne my father, the youngest, by an Eddie Daugherty whose name they all took. Until 2006 I believed that Daugherty was a slave name but that may not be the case (Burns likely is, but not sure) and around that time I was told that another man was my paternal grandfather. Stella, who was born at the end of the 19th Century and died shortly after my birth, was known as Grandma Brooks though as her last marriage was to a man named Brooks. Stella lived her entire life and raised her children in Springfield, Il.

My father had a prior marriage and fraternal twins, and in the family is generally considered to be the father of third half sibling although he denied this and claimed a brother was. In any case, technically none of us who are children of LaVerne Daugherty would actually be Daughertys, although these are matters of fact which only an examination of the genomes of the individuals concerned can determine. What isn't contested is that we are all descendants or wards of Stella Burns.

I have little or no knowledge of Gotra Daugherty/Brazier other than the apocrypha above but that will change if I can make a matter of fact DNA determination. The Burns line is not contested and there's a strong apparent facial resemblance.

At the end of 2015 I had my genome analyzed and the results indicated that Eddie Daugherty (or someone like him) was in fact a likely ancestor. If I live long enough, I intend to know.

• LaVerne Eugene Daugherty (July 31, 1922 - January 17, 1971)*
• April 22, 2006 Springfield, Il*
• Archive of stills of paternal relatives*
• Crumb trail of locations to present* (root profile in /. CMS)
• Gracie. E. Daugherty

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