There will be consequences of the bogus DeMelun-Carpenter history. The 2000 CD will appear in the marketplace. The conclusions in it will slowly become gospel in the popular mind. The guileless, the innocent, the uneducated, and the simple will all accept as fact they are descended from William DeMelun. They will all open a handy encyclopedia and begin to vomit. The real pity in all this is that it is absolutely false. Names have been changed and data cooked to support it. I cant really understand the motive. Religious reasons seem a motive. Or is it that John wants to be the big cheese of Carpenter genealogy? Let me assure you, he is pulling your leg. If he gets away with it, you let him. Bruce Carpenter