Hi George: I think you and I spoke once before--about 4-5 years ago. We decided we were from different Carpenter branches. Mine settled in Wisconsin. I have some early photographs and my ggggrandfather and ggggrandfather had bushy dark eyebrows. I believe they were possibly black (all the photos back then were black and white). This trait was lost in more recent generations. Our noses do seem to be following down through the generations. However, unlike some of the emails I've read, our noses are VERY small! Linda Carpenter Fry Richland Center, Wisconsin formerly of Madison, Wisconsin The Carpenters wrote: > Okay, cousins, here's a question for you: > > Do your CARPENTERs have really heavy eyebrows? You know, big, bushy > eyebrows with lots of personality? Maybe bushy black eyebrows? No, I'm > not crazy. Well, in any case, my insanity doesn't relate to eyebrows. I > just wondered, because as a kid, I noticed that quite a few CARPENTERs had > bushy black eyebrows. Now I'm in my fifties, and my eyebrows would be > truly deluxe, except for serious and regular trimming. Once, when I was a > kid, we went to visit a female CARPENTER who was born in the 1870s, and I > knew who she was the minute I saw her because. . . you guessed it. . . the > eyebrows. > > I only ask this because I'm getting desperate for clues on some of my > branch of the CARPENTERs, and thought maybe this would steer me in the > right direction. (Also, because I think it's time to find a new subject of > discussion, and one that is close to my heart. Well, close to my hairline, > anyhow.) > > Thanks for your help. > > George > --- > George R. Carpenter > Pinckney, Michigan > carpgl@ismi.net