Posted By:	Jane Gilbert
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	Subject:	Balch DNA Project Update
	Post Date:	March 30, 2009 at 11:08:12
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/balch/messages/905.html
	Forum:	Balch Family Genealogy Forum
	Forum URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/balch/

There's been a very interesting development in the Balch Y-DNA Project. A descendant of John R. Balch b. 1810 in TN or KY has had a 12 marker DNA match with a Balch gentleman in England who is also in the Family Tree DNA database. We have to be careful with 12 marker matches as they can be false positives, but I'm trying to learn if the gentleman in England has tested to more markers that just haven't been reported yet. If this match is indeed real, then this U.S. line may be able to learn its roots in England and perhaps also find its earlier colonial roots in the U.S. This is the Balch involved in this match here in the U.S.: 1850 United States Federal Census > Tennessee > Sumner > District 11 John Balch 39 TN (or KY) Sophia 36 TN Catherine 17 TN Elizabeth 15 TN William 13 TN Alfred 11 TN Eliza 9 TN Alfred 7 TN Nancy 5 TN John 1 TN The other two lines in the project tested to date not related to this match have the following Most Distant Ancestors: Benjamin Balchowsky b. 1861 Lithuania d. Chicago Rev. Hezekiah Balch b. 1741 Harford Co., MD If anyone is interested in joining the project, please let me know. Jane Gilbert http://www.familytreedna.com/public/balch/default.aspx?section=results