Ann Winder & Nancy Whitmore Childrey
(updated 11/1/07)
This project would not exist had it not been for the efforts of two women, our "founding" Project Administrators, Ann Winder and Nancy Whitmore Childrey. Ann and Nancy, who are cousins and descendants of John Whitmore (pictured left), established the project during the summer of 2005. They began the project by enticing three cousins to donate DNA samples, and were joined by two participants who joined through the Genographic Project.
There were family traditions of both English and Swiss/German origins for John Whitmore, and they hoped that DNA testing would find connections which would settle this matter for them. This Whitmore line turned out ot have a fairly unusual haplogroup (J2) and no matches have yet been found. They continue to hope, and we hope with them.
Ann and Nancy, our sincere thanks for your efforts.
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