Assateague Born Misty Descendant DNA Testing

We were able to add a Misty descendant thanks to family DNA testing for the first time! Shadey Hills Golden Sunshine was born on Assateague and had a couple of possible sires including WH Windy’s Beach Boy. Her owner Deb Shade sent her hair in for family testing with Etalon Equine Genetics. Solana didn’t match with offspring of the other stallion so we were fairly sure she was by Beach Boy.

Karin Musselman owns Beach Boy’s full brother, Chincotegues’ Travlin' Preacher. She agreed to run ancestry/family test on him. He's the pictured pony. Amanda took this picture in May when she pulled his hair for the DNA test. This kind of testing can only be used on close family. Preacher's results connected with Solana so she is definitely by Beach Boy!
Solana's new page on Misty's Heaven: https://www.mistysheaven.com/goldensunshine.html

Thanks to all involved in trying this new capability! If someone owns a Beach Boy foal they can now verify parentage through Etalon's ancestry testing.