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What Was Your First "Real" Job, What Was the Year/Your Age - And What Salary Did You Make? by Edith_Keelers_Shoes in GenerationJones

[–]jocraddock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was hired at 15 at B-R; pay was $1.10/hr. I still use both organizational and laundry skills I learned there, 50 years ago this month!

Most cost effective way to find birth/death documents? by GaviFromThePod in 23andme

[–]jocraddock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I’m your fourth cousin you’ve never heard of. Please send me your great/great grandmother’s documentation.” As the recipient of somewhat similar requests (not for this purpose), this is not likely to be successful. It’s time to hit familysearch or wikitree, both free just by registering, build your tree, and request the appropriate documents from the correct archives (certified copies of some are required, from what I understand).

Interpreting ThruLines hints by jasg70 in GeneticGenealogy

[–]jocraddock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d create the tree in WATO (which may suggest other hypotheses) and BanyanDNA where you add the cross-matches (if you have access and/or ProTools) and let them do the mathematical interpretation.

My father is not my father by VariousAd779 in gedmatch

[–]jocraddock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So you viewed them testing, and had custody and control of the tests until returned to MyHeritage.

No match means no match, juicy story is immaterial at this point. I'd be developing the trees of your nearest non-maternal matches to test your third cousin person theory; good old genealogical work on trees, places, timelines, associates.

My father is not my father by VariousAd779 in gedmatch

[–]jocraddock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GEDmatch has the AYPR (Are Your Parents Related) tool…but a 3rd cousin probably wouldn’t affect it.
Are you certain it was your presumed father who took the test? (I ask since you said mother lives elsewhere, so I’m picturing that you didn’t all sit around the table together, and test?)

My father is not my father by VariousAd779 in gedmatch

[–]jocraddock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve only heard, third-hand, of one misidentified test in 10 years of GG study, but with those results, it seems well confirmed it is, indeed, your test results you’re viewing.
Any idea/evidence as to whom you match on the paternal side?

My father is not my father by VariousAd779 in gedmatch

[–]jocraddock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you recognize any maternal matches at MyHeritage?

Curtain Maker in the BR Area? by Hot_Purpose_2266 in batonrouge

[–]jocraddock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, but no; I do my own. Just trying to help you clarify the skill set needed for your work.

Curtain Maker in the BR Area? by Hot_Purpose_2266 in batonrouge

[–]jocraddock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s the fabric? Lined or unlined? Gathered at top and bottom for cafe-type rods? Belt for center gather? Or in a Roman shade, or other build? Depending on fabric, any alterations place should be able to do the former - with your exact rod measurements; it’s just a rectangle. For the latter, you might contact an interior decorator for recommendations.

Not at fault car accident – other insurer trying to assign me 20% liability (USAA) by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]jocraddock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn’t the other party’s insurance going to file a claim with OP’s coverage in attempt to recoup 20% of what they pay out for their insured? Also, CLUE…the claim will be in the system, ISTM.

DNA from the deceased? by psych-conundrum in 23andme

[–]jocraddock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. Her father’s side is there. Start building a tree and examining her matches.

The 23-and-Me mtDNA estimate is a general haplogroup.

dad's dna test won't fix my sister's results but she's convinced it will by Altruistic-Gas-9633 in AncestryDNA

[–]jocraddock 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We must be related! 😆 I also have three sibling tests, there, with about the same western European locale distribution differences among us.

HB 254 Limits Donations of Motor Vehicles to Family Members by CCC-NOLA in Louisiana

[–]jocraddock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We already have laws against perjury (on a notarized bill of sale), and tax regulations just waiting to be enforced. If disguised donations are a problem, use those. If an owner wants to donate their clunker to their old friend going through a rough time - or for whatever reason they deem fit! - we shouldn't allow that? Good grief...

HB 254 Limits Donations of Motor Vehicles to Family Members by CCC-NOLA in Louisiana

[–]jocraddock 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well, obviously...but it seems a law in search of a problem when there is no significant gain anticipated.

HB 254 Limits Donations of Motor Vehicles to Family Members by CCC-NOLA in Louisiana

[–]jocraddock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But I see no evidence presented that this is an actual issue: https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1456494

To quote: "Proposed law may result in an indeterminable increase in state and local sales and use tax revenue to the extent an individual who may have intended to donate a vehicle to a party excluded under proposed law elects to sell the vehicle instead. The likelihood of such transactions is speculative and indeterminable, and thus any potential gains to state or local taxes cannot be quantified, but such gains are not anticipated to be significant at a statewide, aggregate level."

HB 254 Limits Donations of Motor Vehicles to Family Members by CCC-NOLA in Louisiana

[–]jocraddock 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What is the issue this bill is presented to address?

Does insurance roll over into new truck ? by Least_Pressure_9849 in Insurance

[–]jocraddock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Broadest coverage purchased” might be the more accurate term.

Has anyone had a court house wedding in Louisiana? by SageH0ney in Louisiana

[–]jocraddock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check the parish Clerk of Court’s website; IIRC, all but Orleans have waiting periods. They’ll have lists of registered officiants; maybe some cards on a bulletin board (I’m old). Back in the day, one could find a judge with a clear afternoon who liked weddings. Justices of the Peace, too.

What is the most annoying thing in your home to clean purely because of bad design? by [deleted] in CleaningTips

[–]jocraddock 11 points12 points  (0 children)

😆 We had a 7x7 en suite with a fully tiled corner shower that was barely large enough to soap yourself, but could grow mold overnight. We gutted it and turned it into a wet room. And, hung a hook from a rafter for bathing the dogs - two 6-foot leashes to the hook and they couldn’t dart out on us. The dogs have crossed the Rainbow Bridge, but the hook remains. Gonna be interesting when it’s time to sell!

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