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After 20 years of studying my family genealogy through historical records and DNA research, I’m inspired by\u00a0the information collected and I have begun the first stage of a new\u00a0series of portraits. These new\u00a0portraits\u00a0depict\u00a0the “imagined” DNA strand each of the men in my direct line of ancestors. Each Dorsey male before me has\u00a0passed on an exact copy of\u00a0his DNA markers,\u00a0from father to son, generation to generation . With less than a .001% possibility of mutation over the course of 20 generations, it is fascinating to know\u00a0that I\u00a0share something unique and perfectly preserved with these men.<\/p>\n

Beginning with the pioneer John Dorsey, who moved his family from\u00a0Maryland to the wilderness of Virginia, this project includes the next 8 generations of Dorsey men who, for the most part, \u00a0lived their lives near the very same banks of 20 Mile Creek that John originally settled on. \u00a0It\u00a0could be called\u00a0a 200 year history of the Dorseys of West Virginia. Their wives and children and occupations and every bit of information I know of them are all elements of\u00a0consideration as I create these Imagined DNA Portraits.<\/p>\n

Here are some studio images of the first stages of the canvases as works in progress.<\/p>\n

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John\/Arah Stocksdale Dorsey – Pioneers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Married Sept 28, 1791 in Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n

Samuel\/Nancy Nutter Dorsey – Blacksmith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Married August 30, 1823 in Nicholas County, Virginia<\/p>\n

Franklin\/Nancy Surratt Dorsey – Farmer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Died in a sawmill accident – 1877<\/p>\n

Samuel W\/Mary Fitzwater –\u00a0Horse Trader<\/strong><\/p>\n

Married December 19, 1878 in Clay County, WV<\/p>\n

Benjamin H\/Elizabeth Kennedy Dorsey –\u00a0Cobbler<\/strong><\/p>\n

Married June 1906 in Clay County, WV<\/p>\n

Robert W\/Mildred Dorsey – Accountant<\/strong><\/p>\n

Union Carbide<\/p>\n

David\/Diane Dorsey – Salesman<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hitch Hiked to Florida<\/p>\n

Robert W\/Katy Hernandez Dorsey – Artist<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After 20 years of studying my family genealogy through historical records and DNA research, I’m inspired by\u00a0the information collected and I have begun the first stage of a new\u00a0series of portraits. These new\u00a0portraits\u00a0depict\u00a0the “imagined” DNA strand each of the men in my direct line of ancestors. Each Dorsey male before me has\u00a0passed on an exact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":3538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[372],"project_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3553","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-paintings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/3553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3553"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/3553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4302,"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/3553\/revisions\/4302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=3553"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagebrewery.com\/hp_wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=3553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}