Who Are His Real Ancestors?

My quick read is that there are tree out there that show his maternal grandparents as Thomas & Frances, and then there are trees that show his maternal grandparents as John & Annie.

The Dowling family tree, https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=john+joseph&n=d+... , feels more complete, but doesn't show sources to prove connection between his mother and grandparents.

Thanks, Jonathan. I clicked the link to Geneanet, looks like I need to register there to be able to view it, which I will.

Joanthan, I looked at the link you provided and it matches what I have, which is totally different from what Geni has.

@Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw was featured on Who Do You Think You Are? you can pull it up on youtube as well.

@Tim McGraw

see link:

https://www.biography.com/musician/tim-mcgraw

Didn't see any ancestry on that biography, but it's a good article.

@Tim McGraw

have you viewed the segment on WDYTYA?

@Tim McGraw

try this one

http://dgmweb.net/LinComp/TomTugTimMcGraw.html

@Tim McGraw

see link...

http://ancestorsearch.blogspot.com/2011/02/tom-mcgraw-and-his-palat...

Post geni profile Links where the tree differs from ethnicelebs & Dowling, they both do good jobs on celeb trees, so we can get Geni corrected if need be.

Erica, Dowling and Ethnicelebs match on the maternal ancestry. It's the Geni profile that is different on the maternal lines.

https://ethnicelebs.com/tim-mcgraw

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=john+joseph&...+...

Tim McGraw

The links others have shared above aren't showing anything, that I see, on the maternal line like Dowling and celebs.

Can you tag the profile on Geni that differs?

His maternal grandparents:
Thomas D'Agostino
Frances D'Agostino

The trouble with the sources listed by ethnicelebs is that they just point at 3 different online trees. Two agree with Geni, one (Dowling) does not. None of them have any sources themselves.

Doesn't sound like there's enough documentation to validate either lineup. :(

@Tim McGraw

Don't know what you want...in my view there's sufficient information to at least compare....if you haven't viewed the Who Do You Think You Are episode, you may be expecting too much.

I've watched the episode.... it only explores his father's side of the tree and doesn't touch his mother's side. His mother's side is what this discussion is about.

http://dgmweb.net/FGS/D/dAgostinoElizabethAnn-HoraceSmith-JosephTri... Is where the Geni grand parents come from. Often a reliable site but no citations; ethnicelebs is specific in their description:

Tim’s maternal grandfather was John Joseph D’Agostino (the son of Daniel Agusta D’Agostino and Elizabeth Isabella DeSilverstri). John was born in Washington, D.C., to a father from Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy, and a mother from Rome, Lazio, Italy. Elizabeth was the daughter of Anthony DeSilverstri.

Tim’s maternal grandmother was Annie Catherine Welch (the daughter of Samuel Timothy Welch and Annie Pearl Temple). Tim’s grandmother Annie was born in Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, to parents from Louisiana. She was of either entirely or partially Irish ancestry.

That's what I have in my My Heritage tree, Erica, the maternal line that goes Welch / Temple, etc. which both Dowling and ethnicelebs has, but I still don't know it that's correct or if what Geni correctly has is.

Fixed.

Annie Catherine “Cat” Doctors

the obituary posted on
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103777339/annie-catherine-doctors

Includes mention of grandson Tim McGraw.

I still think Dowling and ethnicelebs is correct for these reasons:

1) Jannie Catherine Welch's father is named Samuel Timothy Welch and TIm McGraw's full name is Samuel TImothy McGraw. I don't think that's a coincidence and is a huge clue to the family ties.

2) The connections with the Welch / Temple lines are from Mississippi and Louisiana and Tim's wife Faith Hill grew up in Mississippi

I know without sources this is speculation, but this speculation seems to fit and the other set of maternal lines has no sources either.

I already fixed it.:). Plenty of sources. Add more family!

https://media.geni.com/p13/fa/26/4c/38/5344484c6d9cb83e/d18f27ca-1f...

Attached to Annie Catherine “Cat” Doctors

See what can happen when the Geni profile link is posted? :).

Thanks Erica, I knew I was related to him thru his father's side....but also thru his mother's side...

https://www.geni.com/path/Diana+is+related+to+Tim-McGraw?from=60000...

https://www.geni.com/path/Diana+is+related+to+Annie-Doctors?from=60...

This profile had impossible parents so your path just changed again.

Eleanor Edwards

Erica, thanks so much for sorting it all out.