This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kdF.2ACIB/329.1 Message Board Post: My family name is Branson, and we're from Missouri. I know that my grandfather's father was a French Canadian. He married a French immigrant in Canada named Defields and then they moved to Missouri and raised a family. Now whether any of their family or children returned to Europe, I don't know. If anyone knows anything about this line of Bransons please let me know. My grandfather's name was Dillard Nelson Branson. Though it's somewhat of an unusual name, I've come across many Dillard Branson's in my research. Also, my family are very dark skinned with black curly hair and dark or hazel eyes. They have what I would call a Mediterranean look. Does this description fit your family?