This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DiH.2ACEB/672.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: MaryEllen, I have read that Rachel Porter( sister to Anna who married T. Carson) had numerous blind children,?grandchildren. I have a Nancy Porter b. 1831 in PA m. William Powell, who also had numerous blind descendants. I have nothing back on Nancy, and am trying to see what I can find by researching the blindness, as it is an hereditary condition called retinitis pigmentosa. I notice your Carsons intermarried alot with the Porters, so who knows what I might find with you. Do you know if Ana oray other sibling of Rachal had blind descendants? Carol Carlson