I don't know if I have asked about this Casteel or not.
Looking through some old, saved e-mails, I found one where the writer and I were really
discussing other ancestral lines.
Discussion moved to the available tests for Native American ancestors. She made comments
re: Jesse Casteel and his daughter Lovina b. ca 1822, m. William b. Moreton in Coshocton,
OH.
She had been told Lovina Casteel was thought to be half Delaware or one quarter. Stated
pictures of Lovina's daughter, Nancy Jane Moreton, certainly looked Indian.
The family had tested through Trace Genetics (ca 2010 or earlier?) but if I am reading her
comments correctly, the family thought the Indian ancestry originated through Jesse
Casteel.
Their mtDNA test came back European. She called Trace Genetics to discuss the results and
was told by 6 generations, any trace of Indian ancestry would likely have been bred out.
Anyone have any comments on this?
Thanks. Nita