DNA research is based on the 46 chromosomes that every human being has. The gender-determining chromosomes are X from the mother and either X or Y from the father.  If X from the father, the child is female and if Y from the father the child is male.  The Y-chromosome can be traced from father to son to son and on down the male line.

Information stored in the Y chromosome passes virtually unchanged from father-to-son for centuries. Based on the number of genetic markers shared on the Y chromosome with another person, an estimate can be made as to how many generations in the past the common paternal ancestor lived. This is called Time to the Most Recent Common Ancestor.

DNA tests of the type submitted by the author indicate a 95% chance that the common ancestor is within 23 generations.

A yDNA analysis of a sample submitted by the author indicates a direct paternal relationship with two family members with separate pathways to William Coleman Sr (# 1.1.4) and one family member with a pathway to Robert Coleman (# 1.1)

The author shares 66 of 67 markers with Charles P. Coleman (# 1.1.1.1.1.1.11.1) of Halifax County, North Carolina, who was a known descendant of Robert Coleman (# 1.1).  The DNA sample tied to Charles P. Coleman was submitted to Family Tree DNA as Kit Number 101164 by Charles Adrian Coleman. Contact via cindy.c.brown@icloud.com .

Genealogists differ in their beliefs as to the parents of Charles P. Coleman.  Some believe that he is the son of Robert Coleman (# 1.1.1.1.1.1). Others believe that he is the son of Thomas Coleman (# 1.1.1.1.1.1.11).  In either case Charles is a direct descendant of Robert Coleman (# 1.1)

James P. Coleman author of The Robert Coleman Family From Virginia To Texas, 1652-1965, believes that Charles P. Coleman is the son (not the brother) of Thomas Coleman. Governor Coleman says, “It is evident that there was an extensive colony of Colemans, Moberleys and Chapmans on the Gasper River in Warren County, Kentucky; that Thomas Coleman moved from Fairfield County, South Carolina, with Isaac Moberley, to Warren County, Kentucky, in 1807.  Charles P. Coleman, son of  Thomas Coleman, born, Halifax County, North Carolina, October 4, 1762. Died, Greene County, Alabama, December 27, 1850.

Charles was a Revolutionary soldier. According to the records in the National Archives, he enlisted in Lincoln County, North Carolina, June, 1780, and was discharged in April, 1782.

He was in the battles of Cowan’s Ford, Guilford Court House and Eutaw Springs. He moved to Georgia in 1789, to Kentucky in 1806, to Mississippi territory in 1812, and to Alabama in 1818.

He was married to Fanny Mobley in Greene County on March 8, 1829, at the age of 67. Fanny was then 45 years of age, so his children, John R. Coleman and Mrs. Judith Person, wife of David Person, must have been by a previous marriage. Larken Mobley, his brother in law, was the Executor of his Estate, No. 635, Greene County. He left one hundred dollars to each of his children, remainder for life to his widow, then to his nephew, Ryan C. Mobley, for his kindness to him in his old age. Mrs. Persons lived in Kemper County, Mississippi.

Purchasers of the personal effects were Giles C. Coleman and Thomas Colvin. The Mississippi Territorial Census of 1816 listed Charles P. Coleman as a resident of Claiborne County.”

James M. P. Coleman supports the conclusion of James P. Coleman, given that Charles P. Coleman is not listed as a brother of Thomas Coleman in the 13 March 1795 will of Robert Coleman (# 1.1.1.1.1.1).

The author shares 64 of 67 markers with Ernest Ellyson Coleman (# 1.1.4.5.5.2.1.2.3.6) of Roanoke, Virginia, who was a known descendant of William Coleman Sr (# 1.1.4).  The DNA sample tied to Ernest Ellyson Coleman was submitted to Family Tree DNA as Kit Number 48738 by James Randolph Coleman. Contact James Randolph Coleman via jcoleman@bigpond.net.au for additional information.

Lastly, The author shares 64 of 67 markers with Lewis Edward Coleman (# 1.1.4.1.3.1.2.1.1.8) of  Union Level, Mecklenburg County, Virginia North Carolina, who was also a known descendant of William Coleman Sr (# 1.1.4).  The DNA sample tied to Lewis Edward Coleman was submitted to Family Tree DNA as Kit Number N62103 by  William Edward Coleman Jr. Contact William Edward Coleman Jr via colemanhome1@gmail.com for additional information.

The documentation supplied by William Edward Coleman Jr. concerning Lewis Edward Coleman (# 1.1.4.1.3.1.2.1.1.8)  is as follows:

William Coleman Sr (# 1.1.4) was the fourth child of Robert Coleman (# 1.1). 

Robert Coleman (# 1.1) who was born before approximately 1622, bought land in 1652 in Charles City County, Virginia, and died in 1688 in Virginia. 

Robert Coleman (#1.1) of Charles City County, Virginia, was the brother of William Coleman (# 1.4) who was born by 1639, and arrived in Virginia by 1655. Robert was also the brother of Nicholas (# 1.3) and Thomas Coleman (# 1.2) who were identified from genealogical documentation by Mississippi Governor James P. Coleman.

The continued documentation supplied by William Edward Coleman Jr. concerning Lewis Edward Coleman (# 1.1.4.1.3.1.2.1.1.8)  is as follows:

Thus, the antecedent of the author, Robert Coleman, of Charles City County, Virginia, has been identified by genealogical documentation and confirmed by yDNA analysis of four separate individuals each with a different line to the same antecedent.

A summary of the genealogical relationships of these four individuals are detailed as follows: