Shaking Our Family Tree

08/31/2026

Because I am asked often

First Cousin Once Removed (1C1R)
A first cousin once removed indicates a one‑generation difference between two relatives:

Down one generation: Your first cousin’s child is your 1C1R.
Up one generation: Your parent’s first cousin is also your 1C1R.
This “removed” label simply marks the generational offset.
dna-explained.com
dna-explained.com
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Why “Removed” Exists
“Removed” means the two people are not in the same generation. First cousins share grandparents; once removed means one person is a generation above or below that level.

11/09/2025

Nov 9
Today in our family

Nov 09, Mariam Adeline Thomas Jones was born in 1919.

Photo made Oct 21 1962

10/15/2025

True

05/30/2023

May 29 - TODAY IN OUR FAMILY
We have 2 birthdays YAY!

Braelyn Olaiya was born
Colin Garth Kreis was born

I am in need of photos, so if you have any you want to share, please send them to me. . . . . I have some somewhere, but I am not as organized as I was in a previous life (lol) so I cannot seem to put my hands on them right this second. sigh

05/28/2023

MAY In Our Family - At A Glance

birthdays
May 08 ###x Shawn Regan TAYLOR II was born
May 20 1920 Delsie NORTON was born
May 22 1888 Leslie Ulissus SUIT was born
May 29 1981 Colin Kris was born
May 29 ###x Braelyn Olaiya was born
May 31 ###x Brett Andrew JONES was born

05/28/2023

Today's post was a recent suggestion and a little something new for us.

Today's GIVEN NAME review in our family is Adeline

How many times has it been used in our family?
2 - We have 2 Adelines in our family
(at least that I have found so far)

Birth Year 1843 and 1919
Our 1st Adeline was born in 1843
Our 2nd Adeline was born in 1919

Meaning (because I am always curious) It is of Old German origin meaning NOBLE. Adeline was introduced to England by the Normans in the eleventh century, was very common during the Middle Ages, then vanished until the Victorian Gothic revival.

Updated on the following sites (where needed)
blog -Shaking Our Family Tree

05/27/2023

Today's Photo Scan

Sam and Nora Jones - July 1967
Samuel Elexander Jones
Nora Dove Suit Jones
married Oct 24 1909 - Sam was 24 years old and Nora was 16.

Updated on the following sites (where needed)
Ancestry.com for Sam and Nora
Digital Library Dropbox
blog Shaking Our Family Tree
FindAGrave.com

05/26/2023

Today's Update - for those who want to know

Decoration Dates aka Homecoming
(please let me know the ones I am missing for our family)

4th Sunday in May - Mountain View Baptist Church
658 Mountain View Road-
McCaysville, Georgia
Fannin County

2 Sunday in June - Mobile Baptist Church
4971 Mobile Road
McCaysville, Ga (hmm, thought it was Epworth)
Fannin County

3rd Sunday in June - Lebanon Baptist Church
845 Lebanon Rd
Epworth, GA
Fannin County
Fannin County

05/26/2023

Interesting . . . .

Blue-eyed humans come from a single common ancestor . . . . or so they seem to say.

"Originally, we all had brown eyes," said Professor Hans Eiberg from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. "But a genetic mutation affecting the OCA2 gene in our chromosomes resulted in the creation of a "switch," which literally "turned off" the ability to produce brown eyes." The OCA2 gene codes for the so-called P protein, which is involved in the production of melanin, the pigment that gives colour to our hair, eyes and skin. The "switch," which is located in the gene adjacent to OCA2 does not, however, turn off the gene entirely, but rather limits its action to reducing the production of melanin in the iris -- effectively "diluting" brown eyes to blue. The switch's effect on OCA2 is very specific therefore. If the OCA2 gene had been completely destroyed or turned off, human beings would be without melanin in their hair, eyes or skin colour -- a condition known as albinism.

New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. Scientists have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6,000-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye color of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today.

05/26/2023

Today's Activity

Added the following photos to Ancestry.com and FindAGrave.com (where needed)

1st image is the IN MEMORY page for Mary Elizabeth Roberts Jones from the family bible of her son and daughter in law - Samuel E Jones and Nora Dove Suit Jones. - 1948

2nd photo is from approx 1918 or so, I think.

3rd photo - Mary Elizabeth is in the center with her husband (James Robert Jones aka Dock) - photo has a date on it of 1898. Note: this is scan of a very old photo on glass.

4th photo - I have the date for this photo somewhere in my notes and will update it as I find the info.