Hi, I read that a certain John FORBES had a swarthy complexion and am wondering if this was characteristic of most Forbes or unique. I had an ancestor who was described as being extremely dark. No other reference was made to any of our relatives external appearances other than this. I'm clutching at straws to pin down an elusive John Forbes. Any comments?

The Forbes' family I am researching were not very large men and were referred to as "Black Irish", Not such dark skin, but black hair, curly a little, and light eyes. They were from the Sligo area of Ireland, but I can't quite lilnk with the Forbes who wrote the book of Lechan. Margie wrote: > Hi, I read that a certain John FORBES had a swarthy complexion and am > wondering if this was characteristic of most > Forbes or unique. I had an ancestor who was described as being extremely > dark. No other reference was made to any > of our relatives external appearances other than this. I'm clutching at > straws to pin down an elusive John Forbes. > Any comments? > > ==== FORBES Mailing List ==== > List rules at > http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm > -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

My Forbes family that I am researching were also light complexion also. . my ggg grandfather Ephraim Forbes was light skinned. my gg grandf. Elijah Forbes was 5' 10" and light complexion his brother John MC Forbes was 5' 8" and the same. (from their civil war papers) Bill Forbes ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie" <marscot@ellensburg.com> To: <FORBES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 2:56 PM Subject: [FORBES] FORBES CHARACTERISTICS > Hi, I read that a certain John FORBES had a swarthy complexion and am > wondering if this was characteristic of most > Forbes or unique. I had an ancestor who was described as being extremely > dark. No other reference was made to any > of our relatives external appearances other than this. I'm clutching at > straws to pin down an elusive John Forbes. > Any comments? > > > > ==== FORBES Mailing List ==== > List rules at > http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm > -- List admin. darrellm@sprynet.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >