How Are We Related to Jessica Biel Timberlake?

Robertson Roberts                                        Daniel H. Allen (1807-1878)

+ Vianna D (_____)                                      + Nancy (Loveall) (1809- 1856)
           |                                                                          |

Rufus Bolton Roberts (1835-____)      +      Sarah (Allen) (1836-____)

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William David Roberts (1857-1922) -- Mary Francis (Roberts) (1861-1922)

+ Hannah Jane (Miller) (1861-1921)         + James Robert Bittle (1858-1843)

          |                                                                          |

James Conaway Roberts (1893-1962)       Alice Isabelle (Bittle) (1877-1951)

+ Flora Zobeda (Brazier) (1895-1990)      + Ephraim David RUSH (1869-1942)

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Norma Jean (Roberts) (b. 1929)                 

+ Garth L. Conroe (1927-1997)

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Kimberly (Conroe)

 + Jonathan Edward Biel

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Jessica Claire (Biel) (b. 1982)

+ Justin Timberlake (b. 1981)

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Silas Randall Timberlake (b. 2015)
Phineas Timberlake (b. 2020)

Jessica Claire Biel Timberlake, Miller County Museum, Tuscumbia, MO.

Season 9, Episode 5, "Who Do You Think You Are." 

More To Read:

1."Jessica Biel Timberlake". Miller County Historical Society, Tuscumbia, MO; March 2017. Vol. 9, Issue 1. Front Page. Miller County Museum website.

2. Garth Lon (Lawn) Conroe, b. 7-25-1927; LA Junta, Otoe Co, Colorado. d. 12-12-1997; Saluda, Chaffee Co, Colorado. US. Navy, plumber. Ancestry.com. 

3. Aunt Peggy Ann Conroe Findagrave #61103589

4. Jessica (Biel) Timberlake YouTube playlist. 

6. Edward Lincoln Biel Findagrave # 119265674

7. Mary Francis Bittle Death Certificate # 13199

8. Kimberly Conroe, Ancestry.com DNA Match

9. The Rush Report: The Descendants of William Rush, Westmoreland Co, Virginia (1615-??) and Descendants of Henson Rush, Adair Co, Kentucky (Abt. 1794-1848) and Miller County, Missouri. Allied Families: Loveall, McAlister, Williams, Winters and also: Bittle, Farley, Johnston, Mertell, and Spalding. Compiled by Gaynelle Jenkins Moore. March 2003. Research Assistance By David Wayne Rush., p. 117. 

10. The Loveall Report: The Descendants of Rev. Henry Loveall, an Able and Worthy Preacher, Baltimore Co, Maryland (1694-aft. 1772) and Descendants of Jonathan Loveall, Sr. Maryland, Pennsylvania and Kentucky (abt. 1744-aft. 1833) and Allied Families: Bittle, Jenkins, Mertell, Roberts, Rush, Smith, Sullens, Williams, Winters. Compiled by Gaynelle Jenkins Moore. April 2010. p. 129. 

11. The James Robert Bittle Family Tree. Compiled by Ada Maxine (Shackleford) McDonald. Jefferson City, MO., p. 34.


Researched by David W. and Dolores J. Rush, Updated: 8/7/2025. 

Ancestry DNA Test Results

I'm kind of skeptical about DNA testing, but David was curious to know about his, especially since Ancestry.com was offering a sale on the test.  So, he spit into the test tube provided, sent the box off and these are the results that came back today:

HIS TEST RESULTS: 

44 % Great Britain 
40 % Ireland, Scotland & Wales
11 % Western Europe
4 % Scandinavia

(No surprises on any of those, however, the one below is! Hum!)

1 % Middle East 

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HIS UPDATED TEST RESULTS ON 9.23.2020

54% England & Northwestern Europe

24% Scotland

9% Ireland

7% Wales

6% Norway

(9/2/2021)

England & Northwestern Europe 54%

Scotland 24%

Ireland 9%

Wales 7%

Norway 6%

(20 Sep 2021)

England & Northwestern Europe 45%

Scotland 17%

Ireland 14%

Wales 12%

Norway 10%

Sweden & Denmark 2%

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A cousin who has had the DNA testing done said: "Ancestry uses an autosomal DNA test. It's the best of both worlds in that it tests for maternal and paternal ancestors." 

Remember that the DNA test is a tool to further your genealogical research. For instance, if you have hit a brick wall and haven't figured out how to get over it or around it, this might give you clues as to where to go next in your search for the next piece of the family jigsaw puzzle. Your family tree will probably not be all laid out for you unless you happen to find the treasure of a genealogical book compiled by a relative. It will take a little work on your part, beginning with yourself and working backward to make your personal family tree. Of course, there will be cousins along the way who have been on a similar genealogical journey that you can exchange information with. That's the fun part - getting acquainted with cousins whose ancestors knew your ancestors and either died or moved and lost touch with each other. 

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I finally received my test results from Ancestry.com.

HER DNA TEST RESULTS ON 4.16.2018. Born Brunette with Blue Eyes.

England and Wales - 70%
Ireland and Scotland - 27%
Norway - 3%

Additional Communities in the USA"

1. Lower Midwest & Virginia Settlers (includes northern Arkansas, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Northern North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.) 

The closest DNA match was a previously unknown nephew. My match list grows longer day by day and has become overwhelming. Some of my matches have family trees, but many do not. 

I heard that the DNA results only measure back approximately 500 years, which for me would indicate the ancestors who lived about 1521. DNA may help with brick walls. One of our brick walls is James White. My grandmother said her parents told her that the Whites came over on the Mayflower (a Fletcher also). It would be nice to compare a known Mayflower White descendant's DNA with mine.

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MY DNA UPDATE (15 November 2019) 

1. English, Wales, & Northwestern Europe (66%)
Includes Belgium, the Channel Islands, Denmark, England, France, Switzerland and Wales.

2. Ireland & Scotland (24%)
Includes both North & South Ireland, Isle of Man, and Scotland.

3. Germanic Europe (10%)
Includes Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands & Switzerland. 

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MY DNA UPDATE (17 September 2020) 

Supposedly my DNA doesn't change, but Ancestry's science results do, so here's my Ethnicity Estimate to date (you will see some overlap in the countries represented). 

1. England & Northwestern Europe 55%

Includes the communities of Belgium, Channel Islands, Denmark, Faroe Islands, England, France, Germany, Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland and Wales. 

2. Scotland 20%

3. Ireland 16%

Includes the Channel Islands, England, Faroe Islands, France, Iceland, Isle of Man, and Northern Scotland.

4. Germanic Europe 7%

Includes Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. 

5. Sweden 2%

Norway and Sweden are on the same peninsula arm of Europe. Norway is on the West side and Sweden is on the East side. This Swedish DNA result includes not only Sweden, but also Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands and Norway.

Now wait a minute. Why change it to Sweden when my first results said Norway? What gives? I'd say that their science ain't perfect yet. 

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MY DNA UPDATE (24 September 2021) 

England & Northwestern Europe 44%

Scotland 24%

Ireland 15%

Sweden & Denmark 9% 

Germanic Europe 5%

Norway 2%

Basque 1%

Well, the UK results are about the same, but they have thrown in Basque and we're back to Norway results. I have no idea who may be Basque in my background 500 years ago. 

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No.1 Blonde Sister's 23andme DNA results

British & Irish 78.5%

French & German 17.6%

Broadly European 3%

Italian .2%

Cypriot .7%

and

Neanderthal - less than 2%

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MY DNA UPDATE (20 May 2022)

Indicates distant origins (500 - 1,000 years ago).

Me:

England & Northwestern Europe 54%

Scotland 15%

Ireland 11%

Sweden & Denmark 6%

Germanic Europe 6%

Norway 4%

Wales 4%

The newest thing is figuring out which parent gave me what ethnicity without them ever haven taken a DNA test themselves. I got 1/2 of each of my parent's DNA that combined to make ME! I wonder how many different combinations can be created from just two people's whole DNA?  Here are my results. 

Parent 1 = 

England & Northwestern Europe 33%

Scotland 3%

Sweden & Denmark 6%

Germanic Europe  6%

Wales 2%

Parent 2 =

England & Northwestern Europe 21%

Scotland 12%

Ireland 11%

Norway 4%

Wales 2%

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MY DNA UPDATE (26 Aug 2022)

My DNA Results Have Been Shuffled Around Again!  

England & Northwestern Europe 43%

Scotland 27%

Wales 9%

Germanic Europe 8%

Sweden & Denmark 6%

Ireland 6%

Norway 1%

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MY DNA UPDATE (18 Apr 2023)

This time they have added the two DNA matches that are closest to me and compared our DNA with each other. One is a nephew and the other is a maternal first cousin.

My results again:

England 43%

Scotland 27%

Wales 9%

Germanic Europe 8%

Sweden/Denmark 6%

Ireland 6%

Norway 1%

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Fine Tuning My Test Results (8 Jan 2024)

England and Northwestern Europe 50%

Scotland 23%

Germanic Europe 8%

Ireland 7%

Sweden and Denmark 6%

Wales 4%

Norway 2%

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Okay, I had another kind of genetic test done last August 

and got the results in January 2024.

I am positive for Trisomy X Syndrome. All that means is that I have an extra X chromosome. Women generally have two XX and men have an XY. That’s the gender genes. In my case, either mom’s or dad’s X chromosome that were blended together at my conception, divided before it was supposed to, giving me an extra X at conception. According to the stuff I’ve read online, about 1 in 1,000 girls are born with an extra X. I’ve joined the ranks of the special. 😇 Oh, and mind you, boys can also have a similar condition where they get an extra Y. Also according to what I’ve read, I can’t pass my extra X down to the next generation. Whew! Son missed that bombshell!!!

I also have a variant on another gene, but I don’t know much about it. So when I find out more, I’ll update this post. 

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If you are related to either one of us and feel comfortable sharing here, please feel free to tell us your results in the comments below.

Article updated on 1/8/2024.

Decoration Day

Facsimile of US Flag

In the Rush family, I have observed that Decoration Day is practiced religiously. I don't know how it came to be such an important tradition in the life of this family, but it has been practiced every year by both David's grandparents and continuing the custom, his parents. 

 Right after I met David, I was invited to come down to meet his grandparents and to their Decoration Day commemoration picnic at the Rush Chapel Cemetery. I was unfamiliar with this ritual of eating together at a cemetery, because my immediate family did not observe it nor did any in my circle of friends. Most of our family members were scattered across Kansas and Oklahoma and we only saw them twice a year -- during Christmas and mid-summer holidays from school. Only after I had become a member of the Rush family, did I learn there had been a pioneer Methodist church on the spot where their picnic was held that had been torn down sometime in the 1960s. Family came from near and far to decorate the graves of their loved ones with flowers and it was almost a family reunion of sorts. Since the cemetery is located in hilly terrain between Mary's Home and Tuscumbia, Mo., when driving between all the parked cars on the downhill slope of the gravel road became somewhat of a problem, someone suggested moving the family reunion to Eldon where it has been held every year since then at the Air Park, however, decorating the graves is still practiced. 

Recently I learned about how Decoration Day came to be. It seems that on May 5, 1868, the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Commander-in-Chief, John A. Logan, Jr. of Illinois, by General Order No. 11, had assigned May 30, 1868, as a memorial day which was to be devoted to the strewing of flowers on the graves of deceased comrades who had died in the defense of the country during the Civil War. The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a national organization begun in Decatur, Illinois on April 6, 1866 for former Civil War Union soldiers and sailors who served between April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865. It was organized to preserve brotherly feelings between veterans and to provide for those in need of assistance -- orphans, widows, and disabled servicemen.

Ironically, John A. Logan, Jr. was the son of Dr. John Logan, Sr. whom Logan county, Illinois was honorably named for as suggested by his friend, Abraham Lincoln. My third-great Grandfather, Elder Martin White, was the first elected representative of Logan and (Dane) Christian Counties in the Illinois State House of Representatives (1840-42) after both counties were divided from Sangamon County, IL. in 1839. The surveyor, friend of Lincoln's, John Calhoun, began a petition to have them split off.  

Decoration or Memorial Day has come to be a national holiday, not only for decorating soldier's graves but also for decorating the graves of family members who have passed on. To David's knowledge, there were no GAR members in the Rush or allied families, however there were several who fought on the Union side, namely Jacob Bittle, Granville Carrinder, Wm. S. Golden, Levi Morgan, Rufus B. Roberts, James M. Rush, John Wm. Rush, and Alexander Sullens. 

 More to Read:
1.) How Rush Chapel Came to Be

2) The Photographic History of the Civil War: Armies & Leaders. Edited by Robert S. Lanier. Fairfax Press, New York, 1983.
3.) Elder Martin White biography

4.) Rev. Alexander Sullens biography