In a message dated 12/11/01 3:09:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, rubyslippers@kc.rr.com writes: > I find VERY VERY VERY few if > any marriages between cousins. I think that was one of the points of > keeping genealogy starting in the Bible. As I do my own families, I have found so many instances of cousins marrying that I now tend to look for it! The farther back I go, the more frequently I see it, too. Especially in small, rural towns where there just weren't that many people to choose from. I also tend to do as much of co-lateral families as I can because that has given me most of my leads to direct family members. At first, I was appalled at all this intermarrying, but now, well, it's just part of the way things were! (and sometimes still is.) The Other Sharon, your CAMARIPO ListMom