Dear Dean and listers, I beg your indulgence here, but I need to say this. Re. Sara, what I hear her saying is she has questions/suspicions and she is searching, I applaud that, I think we all started that way. That question, 'Where did I come from?" is not always biological but ancestral. On this list, and the web as a whole, we sometimes forget that there are newbie's, and our answers are short, and data filled. I, for one just get the information out, and go back to what I am working on, However, Sara, you attacked the messenger, our answers did not confirm what you had been told/wanted to believe, and it threw you off balance. Your response struck a human cord in some of us, to strike back, I for one wanted to, but I sat a minute and remembered my reaction to reading and seeing Roots, and I think I understand. I will say this, then opt out of this discussion, after 40+ years of searching and researching Caribbean records and history, I have learned, I have not learned enough. On this list of seekers, we share the information, sometimes forgetting to say thank you :), but we NEVER stop sharing. There are many on this list That have a wealth of knowledge to share, Chris, Richard, Richard B. Dorothy, Heather to name a few, that will answer a question or look up the information for any one. I am saying this for the lurkers and newbie's, We are only human, not a faceless computer screen. Ann ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Dean de Freitas" <caribgw@bellsouth.net> Reply-To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com To: CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: MSNBC News Link: DNA tackles a familys mysteries Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:21:27 -0400 Hey folks, I need to say that I agree with Sara here. We have a lot of folks that come to this list to learn more about a region and subject that is subject to many misconceptions. It behooves us all to be patient and helpful in our responses. Dean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sara Weiss" <ksara@tesco.net> To: <CARIBBEAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 3:11 PM Subject: Re: MSNBC News Link: DNA tackles a familys mysteries > if you know so much it would be good if you shared your knowledge > in a way that was edifying, not in a way that PUTS DOWN? ==== CARIBBEAN Mailing List ==== For information on individual islands, research aids, island bulletin boards or history please visit the CaribbeanGenWeb project at http://www.rootsweb.com/~caribgw/ "Sharing the information." _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail