Thornton DNA Update

Recently, we expanded our DNA profile to 25 alleles to better establish our relationship to other Scots-Irish lines. Now, we just need other Thornton males willing to submit samples for DNA testing: spread the word...

Updated alleles:

13

24

14

11

11

14

12

12

11

13

13

29

17

9

10

11

11

25

15

19

29

15

15

16

18

Robert D. Thornton

Robert D. Thornton "Bob" was born February 19, 1924, to Jesse Benton and Mary Susan Cooper Thornton of Warren County, KY. Like his older brothers, Robert would be active in local sports: he was a regular on the Woodburn High and South Warren High School basketball teams (#77). After completing high school in 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Marines and served during the last year and a half of World War II. Bob married Juanita Meredith, daughter of Henry and Florence Kirby Meredith, and had two children: Jana and Mike Thornton. Robert Thornton died Dec. 12, 1989.

In the third photograph below, Bob is standing next to his teammate and brother, Jesse W. Thornton (holding the trophy), my grandfather.