User talk:Genealogist4family

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Genealogist4family, good luck, and have fun. – Jnanaranjan Sahu (ଜ୍ଞାନ) talk 19:15, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Nathan Stubblefield
If the person with the stagename Troy Cory is the biological grandchild of Nathan Stubblefield, and the biological son of Oliver Stubblefield, then where did the name "Whitenack" come from? If Keith (Troy) was the son of Oliver Stubblefield, then was adopted or changed his name when his mother married Raymond Whitenack, that would explain the "Stubblefield/Whitenack" confusion, just like President Gerald Ford having been born Gerald King, but changed his name when  his mother remarried. There is one more issue with your recent edit. You said Troy was Nathan's only grandson, but didn't Oliver have a son Donald as well? Regards. Edison (talk) 02:34, 15 February 2014 (UTC) Genealogist4family (talk) 20:58, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Troy Cory is his stagename and the name he mostly uses. His mother Priscilla was separated from Oliver, (RayJack his nickname as they called him). Priscilla and Ray Whitenack already had one son, Donald Whitenack and later two daughters. Keith (Troy Cory) didn't learn of his real father Oliver Stubblefield until he was over 18 years old and then later got his birth certificate in order to go to college. Keith (Troy Cory) had always assumed Ray Whitenack was his real father because he raised him. When Keith (Troy Cory) found out he was really Oliver Stubblefield's son he was already married and had four children of his own giving them the surname Whitenack and didn't change their surname to Stubblefield because he didn't want to hurt Ray Whitenack's feelings. Only two of Troy's children legally changed their surname to Stubblefield when they were adults. I hope this clears up the confusion regarding the names. Best regards Genealogist4family (talk) 04:40, 15 February 2014 (UTC) Genealogist4family (talk) 20:30, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

Also Oliver (RayJack) Stubblefield visited his son Keith (Troy Cory) in the early 1960s at his home in Los Angeles and moved to the Los Angeles area to live near by him with his current wife and shortly thereafter unfortunately passed away. Plus Bernard Stubblefield willed the Stubblefield family trunk filled with numerous family documents to Keith (Troy Cory) in the early 1970s after he died. Regards. Genealogist4family (talk) 05:08, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for a clear explanation that one could never get from books, newspapers, and census records. By the way, there's now a service called 23andme.com that for $99 does ones genome from a spit sample, so that one can verify who are their biological siblings, cousins etc. Just saying.  I would enjoy seeing proof that I was the descendant of Stubblefield, Thomas Edison, Tesla, or any of the greats of technology (I'm not, sadly). Edison (talk) 01:21, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm glad I was able to help clarify this sensitive and personal issue. This sort of thing happens in life, we're all just human-beings and I believe it did more than we know back in 1930s during the great depression when people had to fend for themselves and didn't get any kind of government aid as they do today to feed and raise their children. Thank you for the DNA link very interesting yet often frightening in the world we live in now. You have a good night wherever you may be based. Genealogist4family (talk) 03:05, 16 February 2014 (UTC)