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Author Archives: Alicia M Prater, PhD
New on Substack – Limitations of Genetic Ethnicity Estimates
I’ve written before about lowering expectations for genetic genealogy, particularly in the context of ethnicity estimates. In the Lineage Research space at Quora, a lot of questions are asked about why certain ‘known’ ancestries don’t show up in DNA test results. Amidst this confusion, I feel that this topic certainly hasn’t yet been exhausted and compelled to address it once again.
Read about the limitations of genetic genealogy on Substack.
New on Ko-Fi – Genealogy
This month’s subscriber-only post in GenTales on Substack provides info on one pairing that causes pedigree collapse in My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 2. William Musick Prater was born about 1787 in Russell Co., Virginia, to Jonathan Prater and Sarah Elizabeth (Musick) Prater. Obedience “Biddy” Prater was born about 1790-1794 in Virginia to Elizabeth Fugate and another William Prater who was thought to be Jonathan Prater’s brother. Below the cut on Substack or available for download on Ko-Fi are their children and siblings.
New GenTales on Substack – Lost Records of WWI Germans
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New GenTales on Substack – Kettenring to Catron
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New in Maeflowers: Causes of Meningitis
Common infections and reactions can inflame the central nervous system. Read about the causes of meningitis at Medium.
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Four Hundred Years of Praters – Lineage Book
Coming soon to ebook services, including subscription and library rentals, Cousins of Nunney Castle: Four Hundred Years of Praters from England to Indiana. It’s an extension to the Prater lineage in My Lineage from the Roots Up, vol. 2.
Watch for its availability here.
It is also available as a PDF at Ko-Fi.
The children of Elias Prater and Zilpha Adams available on Ko-Fi
The recent subscriber-only Substack newsletter is a listing of the nine children of Elias Prater and their children, his grandchildren, as they are known from the available records. It ends up being a 10-page PDF, and it’s also now available on Ko-Fi.
Get the PDF here, or subscribe to GenTales at Substack to read it.
New in Gen Tales – A Link to the Alamo
I was asked an interesting question on the Gen Tales Quora Space about whether Jim Bowie (of Alamo fame) has any living descendants. He doesn’t, as far as anyone knows, but I do share ancestors with him. Read more about it in the Substack newsletter
New in Maeflowers on Medium – About Quora
Examples of odd genetics questions I get on Quora and the reasons I give submissions the benefit of the doubt.