I guess I always knew it. One of my mother's favorite expressions when I was misbehaving was "Don't get my Dutch up!". Her maiden name was Demarest One time Our Pastor at the Reformed Church Of South Bushwick, Pastor Van Der Beek talked about how almost all of us were sitting amongst our cousins. Over the years I have learned that as a small group of people who have never left the New York/New Jersey area that almost everyone whose family is still there is related in some way. My wife who lived in Southern New Jersey has cousins, the Molls who were my cousins before they were hers. She grew up in Woodbury in Gloucester County. I made a trip to the County Historical Society one day and found a pamphlet on Pierre Cresson's family who had settled there marrying into the De La Plaine Family. My wife has ancestors named Provost and Ten Waert and Scholl who are also connected to the others. While we both have lots of connections to other Dutch and Huguenot families think of my son who now has many more connections. His fiancee is also of Huguenot ancestry from Richmond, VA. This gets complicated! Robert Demarest Cuminale ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.