DOES ERNEST LLOYD LUZADDER HAVE BARUCH LOUSASDA ANCESTRY VIA HIS MOTHER?

Ernest Lloyd Luzadder and hence all the Midwest Luzadders descending from Aaron #1226, are linked to the USA Lousadas via a common Y-ancestor with Bob Leuzarder. This Y-ancestor is not a male-line Lousada, but the possibility remains that Ernest Lloyd Luzadder has Baruch Lousada ancestry via his mother. An example of what we have found in our DNA studies is shown here:

We have used Qmatch settings comparable to those which allow us to observe the matches B/Je and Je/TP - 5cM and P=7, and B/TP 5cM and P=3. Originally Bob Leuzarder gave us advice of the relevant Ancestry.com 7cM matches, but when they did not show up on Qmatch at 7cm and P=7 (default settings) we went to the lower quality settings indicated. From the chart can be seen matches with 9 of 12 relatives, matches at the Cr8 indicator (once) and Cr18 indicator (twice), a stronger match with Je than B (even though B has a proven connection with ELL through their Y-match) and 3 further higher-quality matches (apart from Je). After many previous failures to find evidence (see note 1 below), it was surprising to find all this, but we now consider that such a connection exists.

We suggest that Aaron #53 rather than being the father of Aaron #1226 as has been widely assumed, was a grandfather. By this means Jewish naming rules are satisfied and by this means also we can clarify the nature of the mutually supportive relationship between Aaron #53 and Aaron #1226's mother. Our USA Lousada chart suggested she was (not as a sister-in-law - see note 3 below) a servant of Blume Michael the very young wife of Aaron #53. But now, if she was in fact Aaron #53's daughter, this explanation of her role seems much more natural if poignant.

Being 5 or so years older than Blume, Aaron's daughter would indeed have been useful to her younger mother-in-law, who was probably only 12 or 13 when she married Aaron #53 in 1736 then giving birth to Jacob #2570 in 1737 (this correctly-named 1st son died in boyhood). Aaron's daughter had given birth to Aaron #1226 in 1731 also at a young age - say 14 - suggesting her own birth around 1717 about the time when Jacob #740, Aaron #53 and Moses #54 came to NY from London with Aaron #53 being aged around 22. Perhaps Aaron #53 became a biological father as a result of a whirlwind romance, possibly on board the ship they sailed on. Later, as a young (and possibly widowed and/or unmarried) pregnant or single mother she made herself known so as to successfully obtain support from her biological father. It is still unclear who the father of Aaron #1226 was (though we know his Y chromosome). But as she is referred to online as Sophia Barnes, this may give a clue as to his identity, though the identity of her mother is also unknown and the online name may refer to her as well (see note 2 below).

 Notes:

1. In Feb 2025, using the complete set of 12 probable Lousada descendants, and using Qmatch (3cM, P=7), we found that the increased number of single matches gave no enhancement of the inconclusive Ernest Lloyd multiple matches found with 7 Lousada descendants (Ju, JG, SW, B, Je, Ed and MD) on Cr2, Cr6, Cr12 and Cr13 as reported in our 2023 8 by 8 study, while creating 2 new inconclusive strong triples - on Cr1 (with none of the 5 new Lousada descendants) and on Cr21 (with 2 of the 5 new Lousada descendants). The 5 new Lousada descendants (RF, RM, Allan, J and TP) in fact generated only 19 additional single matches which is about half the rate of the older 7 who produced 49. The 3 strong ELL triples on Cr1, Cr12 and Cr21 showed inconsequential results when examined at P=3.

2. Previously, we suggested in the absence of a better hypothesis that the mother of Aaron #1226 may have been a relative of Mary Griffin #1292. But now, with common Baruch Lousada ancestry accounting for matches with Je, this suggestion may still have merit, but could apply either to the maternal grandmother or to the father of Aaron #1226. Our chart of the first descendants of Aaron 1226 may be found here.

3. Thus we considered the possibility that she was a Myers in-law but rejected the possibility that she was a widow of Michael Michael who died in 1736, the year his sister Blume married Aaron #53, as Michael's will in ref 326 shows no wife or son. Blume's marriage with Aaron #53 was probably a consequence of her father's business activities and move to Curacao.