The proposed relationship of Mary Luna Bowles as the mother of Paul Leyton Humphrey, Grace Humphrey, Ethel Olive Humphrey and James Dillon Humphrey is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.

Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a distant cousin relationship between ST (a descendant of the Grace Humphrey ancestral line) and JKH (a descendant of the Paul Leyton Humphrey ancestral line) with a shared segment of 294.65 cM across 13 HIR segments.

It also confirms a 1st cousin, twice removed relationship between JKH (a descendant of the Paul Leyton Humphrey ancestral line) and TK (a descendant of the Ethel Olive Humphrey ancestral line) with a shared segment of 238.76 cM across 13 HIR segments.

It also confirms a 1st cousin, twice removed relationship between JH (a descendant of the James Dillon Humphrey ancestral line) and JKH (a descendant of the Paul Leyton Humphrey ancestral line) with a shared segment of 282.45 cM across 14 HIR segments.

These matches are consistent with their placement within these shared ancestral branches.

Further support for shared ancestry within Paul Leyton Humphrey, Grace Humphrey, Ethel Olive Humphrey and James Dillon Humphrey is provided by an additional 3 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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