Category U106_Thompson

Ambiguous Results

As a person with one of the most common names in the world, it’s difficult to track anything down. Since I ordered my DNA test to help eliminate variables and dispell some of that mystery, I’ve been sorely disappointed by…

Bits and Pieces

So in the absence of a definitive DNA match I have to put things together the best I can based on some “close” DNA matches, my own amateur ancestry.com paper trail and broad generalities about “Thompsons”. So I’ll start here…

My Thompson DNA

I keep putting this disclaiming “My” in front of Thompson because there are a lot of Thompsons. The closest Thompson to me at the Thompsons DNA Project are Robert Thompson before 1775 Scotland (we mismatch on 6 markers) and Benjamin…