The proposed relationship of Nels Nelson or Nils Ackerson as the father of Edna Emelia Ackerson, Clarence Alfred Ackerson and Elmer Louis Ackerson is supported by DNA evidence indicating shared ancestry within the family lines.

Specifically, DNA evidence confirms a 1st cousin, twice removed relationship between TH (a descendant of the Clarence Alfred Ackerson ancestral line) and PSS (a descendant of the Edna Emelia Ackerson ancestral line) with a shared segment of 215.40 cM across 10 HIR segments.

It also confirms a distant cousin relationship between PSS (a descendant of the Edna Emelia Ackerson ancestral line) and BL (a descendant of the Elmer Louis Ackerson ancestral line) with a shared segment of 65.17 cM across 4 HIR segments.

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

Further support for shared ancestry within Edna Emelia Ackerson, Clarence Alfred Ackerson and Elmer Louis Ackerson is provided by an additional 1 DNA confirmed relationships among other tested descendants tracing back to these lines.

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