Bev -
Unfortunately there seems to be few Cato testees at this time - your choice of Family Tree
and the 67 marker Y-dna test was a good start in my opinion so you need a
"Project" to allow you to compare the results with others.
And I do not see a CATO project at FTDNA. There is, however, a CATE/CATES Project - and I
have seen the name in this form many times. I suggest contacting an administrator of the
CATE/CATES Project and explore joining that project. There you can get a report of how
well your Cato dna matches others of the project. A list of 'matches' with a
determination of genetic distance to consider.
On your Family Finder home page you will see a heading PROJECTS, and a dropdown with
choices. Go to the JOIN choice and contact the Administrator (or just plain JOIN at this
time - you can address the details later - the prior contact is, I have found, sort of a
courtesy - most admins are happy to have you if there is some likelihood of any
advantage).
I also see three projects linked to or including the CATO name - they are geographically
linked/defined areas of western Florida territory - which is not too distant from Georgia
and SC.
These three projects are found by searching the CATO name in the PROJECTS page - where you
'find a project'.
One is the SaintTammany Project , one is the VINCI Family Linkage , and one is the
WestFloridaParishes , found by doing a Project Search using the surname CATO. Read about
the project scope and purpose for each one, join all three if you like.
For closer generations - say to 4th or 5th cousins, the autosomal dna test (Family Finder)
seems to provide more possibilities for finding relatives - but it is not as specific as
to paternal ancestors, which is the main focus of the y-dna test. And like all things, you
can only find someone if they have also tested their dna and their results are in the
database.
I wish there were one chromosome with my actual surnames and relationships stamped on it -
but the reality is we are using a 'language' with only 4 letters and trying to
locate 128 people (at 7 generations), each of whom are different even from their own
siblings, so it is not an easily solved quest.
Good luck,
Vance
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Subject: Re: [CATO] Cato DNA
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My husband is suppose to be a descendant of John and Jane Cooke Cato. But I have not been
able to prove it. His g-grandfather was George Franklin Cato, born in Georgia 18 September
1846. I believe he lived from 1820 through 1840 in the household of George Cato of
Wilkinson County, Georgia. In 1850 G.F. was in the household of Nancy Cato who later
married Nimrod Pendley. Nancy probably was related to George Franklin Cato, possibly his
mother or aunt. Nancy Pendley died in 1874. Family tradition and records say that George
Franklin, his wife Sarah Francis Melissa Head Cato and children moved from Warren Co.,
Georgia to McAdenville, North Carolina in 1883.
I used a FamilyTree DNA 67 Marker test for my husband. I have not yet posted his results
on any other site. As a DNA novice I don't know the best way to proceed.
Bev
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