Say what you want, the federal government is not going to dictate to whom I am and am not related. Period. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Scalawag1867@aol.com> To: <BAXTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 10:03 AM Subject: [BAXTER~] Related to our ancestors????????????? > 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 > > > ==== BAXTER Mailing List ==== > The use of this list to research the Baxter surname is not restricted to any one area of the world--it is a world wide area Baxter research list. >