Ramona Curtis wrote: > Forgive my lack of knowledge on such matters, but > pertaining to the following note you sent to the list, > does this mean that Henry and Thomas had the same father, > or does it mean they just shared any male ancestor of > their parents/fathers? > "...DNA news popdown - results are back from the lab, > confirming that Henry/1 and Capt. Thomas/1 Brooks, both > of Massachusetts Bay, shared a common male ancestor. [snip] In the lab's language, Henry and Thomas shared a common male (Brooks) ancestor "in a genealogical time frame." IOW, not a thousand years previously — rather, they were closely related. Threlfall guesses at first cousins once removed, on the basis of paper research. Those of us who tested are working to figure out the DNA results. When we've accomplished that, I'll share all with the list. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Brooks BROOKS Families of New England www.tributaries.us ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||