On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:15:15 -0600, "brenda parker" <fairplay1951@gmail.com> wrote: >What amazes me the most about genealogists is EVERYBODY from Missouri is >related to one of Jesse James outlaws or Jesse or Frank James. EVERYBODY >from Tennessee has Cherokee Indian blood or is related to Andrew Jackson. >ALL southerners of course fought for the South. > >And NOBODY"s ancestors were just plain every day people who worked hard for >a living. > > I come from a long line of farmers and labourers. I suppose I might have a sixth cousin somewhere who is or was famous, but why would anyone care? -- Jane