I could see this as a possibility given how widespread the Filipino community is in the US - I have Filipino family members as well - but I truly don’t want to put a ton of stock into anything that may have come from a statement of “possibly meeting MC” as a child from TPR’s kids because that’s been debunked MULTIPLE times. I believe that NH investigators have the entire maternal haplotype testing done and would be able to clearly state that MC’s mother or grandmother had a significant amount of Filipino or other Asian ancestry if that was truly the case - but that was not brought up by investigators in any report or any of my calls with them.
@othram or any other DNA expert here - I know this is not “your” case, but could you possibly give some kind of insight as to whether or not maternal haplotype testing would immediately be able to isolate potential Filipino/South Asian ancestry, specifically how significant the amount is? I really want to put some of these already debunked claims to bed and get back to the real task at hand here which is finding MC’s mother so we can bring her home.
Sorry for being harsh there, but that theory and information is in direct contradiction to information that has been discussed on this thread as well as information that has been directly relayed to myself and others by NH investigators.
I want to make it clear that investigators have NEVER made it public the percentages of nonwhite ancestry MC has, which is another roadblock to finding her identity, but it is pretty clear that the Black heritage is likely from the Livings/Mitchell/Spiers branch of the family - there were a variety of family members listed as “mulatto” or “dark” on WWI/WWII draft cards or census data, and specifically, Catherine Danielly (whose name you will recognize if you are digging deep into the records) is at least half Black, as are quite a few other significant names in the family at that time, 5-6 generations back from MC.
