A new relative popped up on a DNA site matching Ian. Ian wondered whether she was the daughter of a musician, that Ian has been a huge fan of since the 80s, based upon surname. Ian sent a message to the lady, though he didn’t anticipate a response. The young Read more
By the middle of November 2018, Ian still hadn’t had any luck on his paternal line. After looking into what other tests might be available, he purchased a Y-DNA from FamilyTreeDNA. Ian ordered the Y-DNA12 test as he didn’t want to spend much money, as no progress had been made Read more
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
Many thanks to Jane and her father Joseph for sharing this photo of Thomas Hunter and Jessie Forrest McCallum on their wedding day on 5th August 1932, which took place in Bathgate, Scotland
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