Ian’s maternal haplogroup has been listed by 23andMe as H34. Ian submitted his details to OpenSNP.org in May 2019, Dr. Ian Logan had the following to say about Ian’s 23andMe test. Firstly, Yes, you are H64 as your results have both the 16291T & the11150A mutations required. see this list: Read more
In October 2020, Ian received a private message via WikiTree from a first cousin on his paternal side, seems his eldest cousin Jane was also trying independently to solve the family mystery. Jane had been trying to solve the mystery of Joseph Leigh Hunter and Leigh Hunter for a few Read more
In mid October 2020, Jane shared the following 2 photographs which contain pictures of Joseph Leigh Hunter Jane, her father Joseph and Ian have never been able to place where these photographs were taken.
Jane’s father Joseph inherited a number of photographs from his late parents, the photographs were only found after the passing of his Jane and Ian’s grandmother in 2006. Jane’s father, Joseph, could not place who or where the photographs were from or of whom. Below is one of a young Read more
Jane has a friend who has professional genealogy knowledge. Jane asked them to take a look in to Leigh and Joseph Leigh Hunter, the following she shared with Ian in December 2020: Amid the miasma of mystery, a few things become apparent. Firstly, the name Leigh does not make sense. Read more
Thanks again to Jane and her father Joseph for this photograph of Joseph Leigh Hunter and his wife Jane Burnett Forrest Johnston nee Kerr (23 NOV 1862 – 2 JAN 1927) We use a colourised version of this photograph as the background of our website; Jane and her father believe the girl Read more
Still no closer to solving the family mystery, Jane was keen to try and help, as Ian struggled to try and work out which side of the family some of the DNA connections could be on, Ian still suspects there is some crossover, i.e. people that he is related to Read more
Jane shares some more mysterious things her father Joseph inherited, this time the back of a postcard, Jane shared images of a postcard below with Ian in January 2021 Written in very faint pencil is the following: TELL MOTHER WE ARE ALL RIGHT. ADA AND CHILDREN AND HERE UNTIL MONDAY. Read more
Towards the end of 2018, Ian decided to upgrade his Y-DNA tests done at FamilyTreeDNA, taking his Y-DNA37 results to Y-DNA67. At the end of April 2019, Ian decided he’d like a little more clarity on his paternal haplogroup, though not wanting to shell out for the full Y-DNA700 also Read more
Jane and her father Joseph shared some more mysterious photographs, Joseph found these when after his mother Jessie passed away, as with the other photographs, at this point we had no idea who the ladies were or where these were taken. Now some closeups of these photographs Why would Thomas Read more