I've seen this email on several lists - how many answers are there and how much list space is necessary to answer this question? It's annoying and I apologize in advance for complaining about it so I don't get any hate mail. Carol Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 10:03:36 EST From: Scalawag1867@aol.com To: ARKANSAS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <44.384458b6.2cf0d4c8@aol.com> Subject: [ARKANSAS] Related to our ancestors????????????? Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I help please. I talked at length this morning with my nephew who is with the FBI. He tells me that after three generations we are no longer related to our ancestors. we are linked by names but not by blood. He says no one is related to one another after third cousins. My line/ancestors: James Waldrop, Sr. Benjamin Waldrop Green Berry Waldrop 1794-1854 Joseph Ryan Waldrop 1827-1870 James Harry Waldrop 190601962 Me. So what he is saying I am only related to Green Berry Waldrop,Benjamin Waldrop his papa is not related to me, I am just in his name only line. We are only researching our names and not who wer are related to. So if James Waldrop, Sr. and Ann hadn't married in the 1700s, would I be here?? Does it not take one generation to make another. He said this was taught in the FBI and DNA. Help me please.....I am not educated in this and he is. Please tell me he is wrong. Sandra maiden Waldrop Georgia