Searching for the Swaffords
So on my DNA test when I look at my list for Swafford relatives, the first one on the list is Jameswoolsey49. James E. Woolsey runs the account but the test is from a woman though, and with a little googling I came up with his wife, Sandra (or Samdra) Carolyn Fisher. Now Sandra is great grand daughter to Ida Mae Swafford. Her parents were Jay Fisher and Laverne Priest. Nobody has found any records for Ida Mae except the marriage record, but I was able to find and Idea M Swofford 4 years before her marriage, in the same county Arkansas. I am 99% sure this would be the same woman. Following the line back, even though the grandparent was born in Tennessee, I cannot connect them to the Swaffords and Lees I am looking for. I did notice a HOWARD surname as well. I have tried to contact the Woolsey family with no luck. UPDATE: I did do some more work and traced these Swafford's back to our most recent common ancestor. This ancestor makes me and Sandra Fisher 7th cousins. ...