Ed, Don't feel like "Lonesome George"... I have no McCartney matches either and those I do match split away circa 1250, give or take. That doesn't mean anything except much will never be known. Child rearing in early Medieval days wasn't what it is today. Often the children ran unsupervised in mixed groups until they survived to an age of usefulness. This was especially true in noble household settlements with numerous servant families having other demands on their time. Whose was whose was never a certainty, and moreover, it didn't matter: Life was too hard to waste time pondering the Will of the Gods or God's Will, as you prefer. Len On 12/10/2013 8:42 AM, EDWIN SHAZELL wrote: > DF 97 ordered today. Still trying to pin down when the NPE happened in my > family tree as my surname has been traced back a long way and other > Shazells do not share M222. > > Ed Shazell > >