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First time user, I have read this thread with interest as Jane is my great great grandmother as her daughter Margaret 1880-1913 married James Millwood and their child Cornelius was my grandfather. I have recently done a DNA test and apart from the expected Uk, Scotland, Ireland links there was a 3% link to Central and Eastern China which was a surprise. I have narrowed it down to the McCarthy side by looking at DNA from other members in that lineage and it appears to begin with Jane and Cornelius. I have explored Cornelius's parents and siblings but no evidence of any Chinese DNA through that line so I have to assume it comes from Janes liniage but there is not much info to be found. I have found a birth certificate that may be her which lists her parents as James Bird an Ann Rickett (both convicts) and have also seen a marriage permission document for them. I am not sure if this is her parents? Has anyone else had a DNA test showing the Chinese ties? It doesnt appear in James and Anns other children so I am wondering if I have the right parents? a bit of a road block at this point, anyone else found anything re our mystery Jane?