Research Progress March 2026

Since last month, there's some forward movement on my DNA research questions. The questions and updates are organized below.

My Paternal Side

1 - Looking for parents of my Irish immigrant 3rd-great-grandmother Bridget. This one has been stuck in a holding pattern for a while. I'm hoping to pick this one up after RootsTech.

2 - Analyzing mtDNA connections on the maternal line path descending from Sarah Westall and Elizabeth Thornhill Jones. Pending an update from cousin Lynn.

3 - Jones YDNA. We still need another Jones tester on our line.

That's three for three with little movement in a while. I think my approaches on this side of the tree need a shake-up.

My Maternal Side

1 - Working with Portillo DNA matches and continued genealogy on the matches in common with the Leyva group.

2 - Analyzing mtDNA matches in the maternal line path of Maria Jesus Vasquez. We have a new mtDNA kit in process for cousin Joe, and when his results arrive, it should give us an interesting set of matches to compare, along with possibly a more recent branch point. Catherine's haplogroup recently updated. There's good progress on this one.

3 - Campuzano YDNA. The Big Y results arrived in the middle of the month. We have another  Campuzano tester descending from Vicente Antonio Campuzano who has submitted a Big Y kit. I'm very hopeful this will give us a more recent branch point for our shared Campuzano line. There's exciting developments, but it will be several months before new results follow.

4 - xDNA analysis using FTDNA's tools. Nothing new this month.

Allison's Sides

1 - mtDNA results on the maternal line path for Dorothea Sophia Gagelmann. This is pending the mitotree result, due any day now.

2 - Separating out maternal and paternal line matches on FTDNA. Making some slow progress here, checking against matches on Ancestry.

3 - Analyzing xDNA matches on Allison's sides of the tree.