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Back in 2009, my Smith yDNA group was matched 12/12 to the male line of Hervey Walteri. For many years that information sat undigested until around 2015. Since then, I have been learning about many Smith populations and my research has required significant documentation.

Based on an autosomal analysis of multiple kits of descendants of Stephen Smith of Blount Co, AL, it would appear that my larger Smith population is descended from the Smiths of Smithfield, VA who descend patrilineally from three men: Thomas, Arthur, and Nicholas Smith. These men all descend from the Smiths of Blackmore, Essex, England. They are documented descendants of John Smith of Rivenhall, Essex, England. I have had to prove many people wrong, and many of them have yet to update the online DNA based genealogical information with my findings. 

I’ve had both successes and failures. You’re welcome to explore them all.

This page was my original “mission statement”, if you will, for what I was hoping to achieve with this blog.

This site is my best effort to expel from my brain the information that has amassed during my Smith genealogical research. Please independently verify everything you find and report back to me if you find something I have wrong or missed. Thanks!

My largest achievement in this effort, of which I can speak of with certainty, has been debunking the conclusions of the book Ancestors and Descendants of Smiths by Linda Gail Smith Cheek.

My two larger efforts center around an attempt to identify weaknesses in the arguments of John Horace Round in his work “The Great Carrington Imposture”.

I can also claim that my blog is the first source for highly credible information on the yDNA STR values of The House of Normandy.

I’ve attempted to explore some other commonly misrepresented Smith lines as well

More immediately relevant to my personal genealogical research has been attempting to identify the colonial Virginia era origins of my larger Smith population which has been identified via yDNA testing.

DNA based research in the above and below subjects can be found here:

These pages refer to research pertaining to Stephen Smith of Blount Co, AL

Andrew J. Smith m. Nancy Ingram of South Carolina

Nicholas Smith m. Polly Burke

This research is most closely in proximity to the original work that started this effort

Some attempts at breaking through brick walls for yDNA matched Smith lines

Ultimately, there are still some unresolved disagreements that likely will never be addressed due to how the online genetic genealogy research projects are administratively designed.

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