The Webb Wagg Family in Australia

Part 6: Extending the Wegg line — Testing WWW's paternal grandparent  In Part 5, the combined documentary and autosomal DNA evidence demonstrated that William Webb Wagg (referred to hereafter as WWW for clarity) can be securely placed as a child of William and Mary Ann (Clark) Wegg of Norwich. This conclusion was not derived from a single match or isolated record, but from the convergence of independent documentary and genetic evidence aligning as expected. The next step is to extend that structured approach one generation further. Having established WWW’s position within the sibling group of William and Mary Ann (Clark) Wegg, attention now turns to the generation above them: his four grandparents. This analysis will consider both the paternal and maternal lines. For clarity, it begins with William Wegg’s own parents — the paternal grandparents of WWW — before turning in the next post to the Clark family and the maternal line. As we step back another generation, both the genetic an...