I recently found a y-DNA record at SMGF (Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation) (http://www.smgf.org/) for a descendent of John Milton Weddle Sr. of Pulaski Co., KY. SMGF does not show the name of the person tested, but does give a pedigree chart which shows the descendents names from John Milton’s son Spencer Weddle in Pulaski Co to Ivan Otis Weddle in KS.

This record is an exact 26/26 match for the y-DNA record (W17) submitted to the Waddell DNA Project site by Calvin Weddle for his ancestor Hans Georg Wedel of Dossenheim, Germany:
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/waddell/results

Calvin Weddle’s pedigree chart, or paper trail, on the Patriarchs page of this site is based on good research:
http://www.worldfamilies.net/surnames/waddell/pats
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vafloyd/weddle_family_hist...

This SMGF DNA record indicates that the descendent of John Milton Weddle Sr., who was tested by SMGF, and Calvin Weddle have a common ancestor. Research on the Internet led me to the conclusion that John Milton Weddle Sr.’s ancestor was also Hans Georg Wedel of Dossenheim, Germany.

I submitted this information to the Administrator of the Waddell DNA site and he posted it on the Patriarchs page. These conclusions were drawn in part from the following two sites:

1. Susan Chance-Rainwater reported ”Most Weddle researchers trace their origins to George Adam Weddle (Wedel), who came to America on the "Mortonhouse" from Rotterdam to Philadelphia in Aug 1729; took the oath of allegiance 19 Aug 1729; lived in Lancaster PA and Hagerstown MD 1753; eventually moved to western Pennsylvania. George's son John went to Tennessee, George Jr. went to Kentucky,”:
http://genforum.genealogy.com/weddle/messages/661.html

2. Sallye (Gundy) Martin posted a message that reproduces a letter that Calvin Waddle got showing the family of Hans Georg Wedel of Dossenheim Germany:
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRETHREN/1999-...

Because this is not my family I don’t have a stake in the results. I tried to contact 3 different people who have posted messages on the family in hopes one would take over on this, but none responded. I found the John Milton DNA record while searching for DNA information that might apply to my Johannes Wedel family. Some of the sons of this family settled in Pulaski Co. with the surname Waddle and I became familiar with the Weddle family while sorting out the Pulaski records.

I am aware that some may not agree with this assignment of John Milton Weddle Sr. as a descendent of Hans Georg Wedel of Dossenheim. Please fell free to sort this out as you please, but for the benefit of others please cite source documentation to support your position, not the useless “my records show.” Those who may not agree should remember that while the y-DNA record itself is not definitive it is not based on speculation. It is a record that should be accounted for in any assignment of John Milton Weddle Sr.’s ancestry.

Susan Chance-Rainwater’s statement that “George's son John went to Tennessee” could perhaps be confirmed if males from the Hawkins Co., TN Weddle family would get their y-DNA tested.

Bob Dickinson