When Diane gave her talk about DNA research last month, she mentioned that her brick wall of twenty years involved Gavin John Ritchie, her great grandfather. However, she has persisted in her research and it finally paid off!
Several years ago another researcher had looked for any census with a grandson living with a grandmother, as Gavin John's mother and father had both passed away when he was very young. Diane decided to revisit those census pages and found a match with a family named Rennie. When she followed up in the next census, he was there with the name Ritchie included, as well as other family names that were familiar.
Through a DNA contact Diane was able to correspond with a "cousin" in Scotland who provided photos of the area where Gavin was born and verification of other pieces of information that relatives had shared.
Diane will continue to search for more information about Gavin Ritchie's parents in the future. Congratulations on a successful solution, Diane, and for telling us "the rest of the story!"
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