In a message dated Wed, 7 Feb 2007 07:54:43 -0800 (PST), Wanda Shepherd <[email protected]> writes: > Do any of those tie in with Braxton or Valentine > Brown? My uncle thinks they were brothers, as > grandma's line was Valentine, but she spoke of an > Uncle Braxton Hello Wanda and all! There may have been more than one Valentine Brown. But in any event, the members of Group No. 23 of the Brown DNA Study are thought all to be descendants of Valentine Brown from early northwestern North Carolina (Ashe County). You'll find these men in Group No. 23 on this page: http://brownsociety.org/browndna/groupresults.html And for more info on the genealogy of this group and other Valentine Brown descendants, see here: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BROWN-VALENTINE/ Best regards, Jim Brown (James Armistead Brown, Jr.) FTDNA Kit 4020 & Y-search ID 3CT29 Project Co-Administrator Brown/Browne/Braun DNA Study http://brownsociety.org/browndna/dna-brown.htm