New Autosomal DNA evidence connecting another Hoover/Huber line

 We have now connected our Jacobs line to another Hoover line via an autosomal DNA match, this one on Chr#13. This match, which I'll refer to as "SM" is on Ancestry so no details of SM's chromosome data was available. However, because we have the data on the Jacobs cousins who match (SA, SO, LT and BD), we know it is this particular Chr#13 segment because: 1) SA, SO and LT only share one segment with BD and it is this Chr#13 segment, and 2) There is a set of several shared matches with SM that are all in common SA, SO, LT, and BD - indication triangulation. BD comes and SA/SO/LT come from different lines from John Jacobs, Jr., such that triangulating segments have a 25% chance of coming from our John Jacob Hoover. The segments matching SM range from 13cM to 18cM, so are clearly above "the noise" and signfiicant. 

Among these shared matches is another Jacobs cousin (a Jacobs-descendant relative of BD), but the rest ALL have paths to Michael J. Hoover/Huber, b. 22 Sep 1737, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA, d. 26 Jun 1816 in Dauphin Co., PA. The new Ancestry "ProTools" feature was very helpful in facilitating this discovery. In all, there are three very different paths to Michael J. Hoover among these shared matches. Other researchers have found that Michael J. Hoover's father was Hans Jerg Huber, b. 1691, Switzerland, d. 1747, Dauphin Co., PA. He is buried in the same cemetary as Michael J. Hoover (Spring Creek Cemetary in Dauphin Co.). 

We have two Hoover/Huber lines now that we can attempt to trace back to Europe. If we can find a proven descendant of Michael J. Hoover we can attempt to get a Y-DNA test that will give us an idea of how closely he is related to our line and to the Solomon Hoover line.