The letters from Rose, and her sisters Annie and Isabella, are so tantalizing! They write about cousins that I am definitely related to...but I cannot (yet) fathom the connection between the family lines. Of course, they weren't writing for an audience 100+ years later. So while I might wish them to have said 'You remember Uncle John (brother of William, son of Robert)...' it's not a surprise when they just say 'Uncle'. I do know that between Annie (Rose's sister) and my g.great uncle William there was a great deal of affection...but in the end he stayed in America and she returned to Ireland and married another gentleman (John Weir). Rosalie