I’ve identified a number of my DNA matches with other Australian Avard descendants – some of these I share with closer members of my family’s maternal lines :
David Avard – Sarah Harmer
- Elizabeth (Wisdom) – nil
- Sarah (Payne)
- 4th cousin matches with two great granddaughters of her daughter Mary Jane Elizabeth (Rowney)
- Mary Jane (Power)
- my sister and I are very distant matches with a great grandson of her son John Frederick (Power)
- my sister is a DNA match with a great great grandson of her daughter Annie Maria (Haile)
- Maria (Payne)
- my sister is a DNA match with a great grandson of her son William Albert Payne
- David Avard Junior
- 3rd cousin once removed match with granddaughter of his son William Robert Avard – match shared with Mum’s sister
- 4th cousin match with great grandson of his son William Robert Avard – match shared with Mum’s sister
- my sister is a DNA match with a great granddaughter of his son daughter Alice May (Osborne)
- my sister is a DNA match with a great great granddaughter of his daughter Ada Louisa (Chipperfield)
- Harriet Avard – nil
- Ada Louisa (Callcott) – my branch
- 3rd cousin match with great grandson of her son William Thomas Callcott – a match shared with my brother & sister, Mum’s sister and my 1st cousin
- a match (with private tree) who is a descendant of her son William Thomas Callcott – a match shared with my brother & sister, Mum’s sister and my 1st cousin
- 2nd cousin once removed with granddaughter of her son Reginald E Callcott – a match shared with my brother & sister, Mum’s sister and my 1st cousin
- a match (with private tree) who is a descendant of her son Reginald E Callcott – a match shared with my brother & sister, Mum’s sister and my 1st cousin
- Isabella Ann Avard – nil
- William Henry Avard – nil
There are several other Avard DNA match possibilities on Chromosome Numbers : 2, 10, 11 and 20 – identified using DNA Painter Gedmatch, FamilyTreeDNA tools
Hi Kerrie
You seem to have a good head for tracing ancestors! I know some living Avards in Adelaide. Are they part of your family?
Kay in Adelaide.
I have emailed you.