Each male with the surname WEST in this chart has a Y chromosome that is an exact copy of the Y chromosome of Isham WEST b abt 1784.   This passing of genetic code from father to son is the key to using Y-DNA for genealogy research.  Any living male with the surname WEST, who is descended from one of the WESTs in this chart, will have DNA that matches sample W04.

1. Isham WEST b abt 1784 - bef Sep 1838
     + Elizabeth H. "Betsy" McKENZIE
  2. James Pemberton WEST 1827 - d bef Jan 1874
       + Sarah Jane SCRUTCHIN(S) 1831 -
     3. James Isaac WEST 1866 - bef 2 Apr 1899
        + Mary Eugenia SMITH 1858-1948
          4. Hamlin Newton WEST 1891 - 1940 *
          4. James Terrell WEST 1895 - 1949
     3. Joseph P. WEST 1851 - 1919
          4. Joseph P. WEST, Jr.
          4. W. L. WEST
     3. Thomas Augustus WEST 1865 -
     3. Ella S. WEST 1863-
         + B. T. MORGAN 1846 -
          4. Mitchell MORGAN 1883 -
          4. Gordon MORGAN 1886 -
          4. Willis L. MORGAN 1882 -
     3. Emary E. "Emma" WEST 1859 -
          + Robert H. BASS - 1884
          4. Eula BASS
     3. Sarah E. WEST 1851 - 1852
     3. William P. WEST 1857 -
  2. Aaron Hamlin WEST 1830-
  2. Phillip WEST 1820 - (1846-1855)
      + Susan A. GREEN 1823 -
     3. Georgian V. WEST 1844 -
     3. John P. WEST 1847 -
     3. Mary Jane WEST 1848 -
     3. Rachel Susan WEST 1853 - 1918
         + Robert Milton HINES 1851 - 1918
          4. Clifford C. HINES 1876 - 1878
          4. Wiman P. HINES 1878 - 1878
          4. James A. HINES 1879 - 1906
          4. John Fort HINES 1881 - 1928
          4. Marsh Johnson HINES 1882 - 1942
          4. Rosa Lee HINES 1885 - 1885
          4. Bernice M. HINES 1878 - 1953
          4. Pearl Roberta HINES 1889 - 1892
          4. Ruth Luena HINES 1891 - 1949
     3. Matha "Matt" WEST -
         + James L. HINES 1852 - 1916
          4. Andrew Edward HINES 1870 -
          4. Claudia HINES 1872 -
          4. Eva Mae HINES 1875 -
          4. Ada Fredonia HINES 1877 -
          4. Ira Thornton HINES 1879 -
          4. Charles Claude HINES 1882 -
          4. Opal HINES 1884 -
          4. Lottie Ethel HINES 1887 -
     3. Whitian H. WEST 1849 -
  2. Susan E. WEST -
  2. Ann E. WEST -
      + John J. JACKSON - bef Jun 1858
     3. Mary JACKSON 1846 -
     3. Joseph JACKSON 1849 -
 
           * A descendent of Hamlin Newton WEST provided DNA sample W04.