I am totally frustrated and seem to be at a dead end. My father's father's name is Chaffer/Chafer/Cheffer and after doing research I can only trace back a few generations to England. However, I had my brother do the paternal DNA test and apparently we are closely related to a lot of men with the last name of Eddy. The closest relation is 9 generations ago (around 250 years) but after contacting the male Eddy he either does not respond or has no info. There are other Eddy's that go back 10, 15, 25 generations, etc so the only thing I can think of is that an Eddy male was the father of a Chaffer child- maybe the Eddy male died and the Chaffer male adopted him or maybe the female had relations w/ an Eddy male and the Chaffer male accepted the child as his own. The problem is that I cannot find a connection. I believe both names originated in Wales or Cornwall, and the connection would be around 1750 in England.

Has anyone seen any records with Chaffer and Eddy neighbors? Just giving it a shot on the off chance someone has seen something.

Thanks,
Amybeth