Yes. And this tradition carries on to this day in Butte, America. If you ever walk the streets of Allihies, Castletonbere or Bute the faces look eerily the same. You know everyone but then again you don't. Corby Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: Bill Gawne <gawne@cesmail.net> Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:35:37 To: <beara@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [BEARA] ...all related on this list! Hello Leesa, all, carrignua <carrignua@comcast.net> writes: > .................and didn't we marry some of them? > Leesa Why yes, yes we (or at least our ancestors) did. Most of them were pretty careful about keeping things outside the 3rd degree of kindred, but an awful lot of 2nd and 3rd cousins found marital bliss. -- Bill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BEARA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message