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Taproot mare Family 9-b Dam of an unnamed mare through which the maternal line of the family continues Sister to Sloven (1728) of Family 9, the dam of this mare, shares the same haplotype as the descendants of the Whiteshirt Mare of Family 12, so Sister to Sloven and her descendants belong to that mare's branch of Family 12 not Family 9 as assigned by the General Stud Book, so all the descendants of Sister to Sloven (the whole of Families 9-b and Family 9-c [through her daughters, this mare by [Bolton] Sweepstakes and by Crab respectively] should be reassigned to Family 12 3rd of the significant sires Mercury and Volunteer and of good racehorses Jupiter and Queen Mab
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