DNA Matches For Our Lewis Line

Several weeks back I was contacted by a Gary Lewis in Alabama and told that there was a 25 marker match to that of my DNA. This match turned out to be an interesting one in that the man that my DNA matches has the last name of Morgan. He is a doctor in the Gloucestershire, England, and his family has lived on the Wales/U.K. border for over 200 years.

Now it also turns out that Mr Gary Lewis from Alabama had matched my DNA and that of Mr. Christopher James Morgan's with the 12 marker test that he had done. Mr. Lewis informed me that he was going to do the full 25 marker test to see if he matched either or both of us on this test. This week he notified me that he did indeed match all 25 markers with that of mine and Dr. Morgan's. The first line of numbers below....that marked #12468 is mine. #21166 is that of Mr. Gary Lewis in Alabama.

12468 John - NC/VA 13 24 17 11 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29 17 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 30 15 16 16 17

21166 James - NC? 13 24 17 11 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29 17 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 30 15 16 16 17

RA23Z Thomas Morgan - Lidney 13 24 17 11 11 14 12 12 12 13 13 29 17 9 10 11 11 25 15 19 30 15 16 16 17

Here is what Dr. Morgan wrote in reference to the difference in our Surnames.

"Though your paternal name does not match mine the situation in Wales is complicated by the naming system. For example an ancestor of your's might have been named say Lewis Morgan, but his son's name might well have been John Lewis! Hence we could still have a common male ancestor."

So now we search and wait until one of two things happen. Either more participants will enter the DNA testing and we shall find the missing piece or pieces this way or we shall finally put two and two together and come up with four by looking at our own histories until we find a common factor.