My Dent and Beall lines had first-cousin marriages for more than 150 years, so there are many instances of the pattern you describe. It was their descendant who married the Barnes in my family tree. James Whitten (or Whiting) Beall married Martha F. Barnes, daughter of John S. Barnes and Martha Cannon. I have often wondered if John S. Barnes was related to these Dents and Bealls. He lived in Yalobusha Co., MS, and Cass Co., TX, and descendants lived in Austin Co. and Tarrant Co., TX. I've been searching for the origin of this Barnes family for more than ten years. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Branches & Lil' Twigs" <epaurora@visuallink.com> To: <BARNES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 2:32 PM Subject: [BARNES] family members inter-married > Hello everyone: > > Please forgive my intrusion. I only seek to ask a question. I know that many of you have found family members inter-married several times over, especially in the 1700's and early 1800's. > > I wonder if I could get your help and/or your opinion...how likely do you feel it would be to find that 2 of your 6th great-grandfathers were brothers? I have received documentation and other information from various family members, and records, and I have checked and re-checked. I thought I had already come across just about every inter-family type of connection. > > Has anyone encountered this situation? > > Thank you for your time and assistance. > > Fran > > > > ==== BARNES Mailing List ==== > To stay informed about the most recent news, new databases,webpages, and mailing lists at Rootsweb, you can subscribe to the weekly RootsWeb Review by visiting this link: http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >