This family has as its oldest known ancestor Isaac Pearce, born 1761 in Rhode Island or Massachusetts.

One of our success stories has been updated with new information.  This participant is an adoptee who found that he had a YDNA match with Pierces, specifically those in group C.  After 37 years of searching, autosomal and YDNA aided in finding who his birth parents were in the Hallsted family and allowed him to finally happily meet his 5 siblings.  

Recently, a new Pierce autosomal DNA match has provided strong evidence for how his Hallsted line fits into the Pierce family in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Check out his success story in the Community Section of our website.   

Please read our new exciting DNA success story under the "Our Community" link.  It is a great example of how DNA can be used to uncover the unknowns related to an adoption.  Exactly where the adoptee will fit into the Pierce family is unknown, but hopefully that mystery will be solved soon.

This Pierce family has probable origins in Kentucky and later moved to Indiana and Missouri.  They match an older Pearce line from Maryland.