Hello family, near and far! Welcome to my unending search to find out where we came from. My  journey began with my daughter asking me to go to ancestry.com with her and find out more of who  our ancestors were and where they came from. My grandmother used to tell me that we were little bit  of everything, which is about right!
 I began researching in 2015. My family lineage stems from Browns who married Geiles, Brothertons  who married Goldsmiths, and Statlers who married just about everyone else! My trees also include  early colonial Duvalls, a Mayflower passenger, many war soldiers, and frontier settlers.  My husbands line, soon to come, also has an abundant Native American heritage. My daughter things  its great to have pilgrims on one side, and Indians on the other!!

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As of yet no DNA testing has been done. I plan on ancestry.com an Brownsociety.org testing as soon  as possible.
 Brownsociety.org matches Browns into DNA matched groups. My line extends from Group 48. That group  matches me with a George Brown Esq and his nephew Edwin. Both of whom settled early wild N  Carolina. I am still trying to find the connection.
 My father is a direct male descendant of the Brown family line. My oldest known Brown ancestor is  William R Brown born 1760 in Virginia(Fairfax county). He served his Revolutionary war term there,  and by 1814 was moving through Kentucky on to settle his family in southeast Missouri, 3 years  before Missouri became a state! William is my 5x ggrandfather.

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I have extended family in many states. Lots of relatives of course in Southeast Missouri, a first  cousin 4x removed in Kentucky, a few in Oregon and Idaho, and a possible match in North Carolina  and Virginia. Hoping to find many more in other regions!