> All I know is that my grandfathers name was Helmut Samuel Haas and he had a > son ( my father ) named Lyle around 1921 here in the USA. Where do you live > and how old are you? > Darrell Arthur Haas Hi Darrell I live in Boulder, Western Australia and I am 34. I come from a long line of late starters. My father was born 1928, his father 1879, and his mother 1886. Not many 34 year olds have all 4 grandparents born in the 1800s! My baby grandma was born 1898, was 30 with her first child and 36 with the second. My mother was almost 40 when she had me, her brother was 38 and 45 with his 2 children. Little wonder, that at age 96 my Grandma (Australian born one that is) had 3 grandkids aged 29, 25, 19 and only 2 great-grandsons aged 3 and 2 with another on the way. My uncle in Slovakia is Dad's brother but doesn't go by the name HAAS. Dad was the only male who produced any offspring (sounds like a cattle breeding program?) and that was a girl - me. Amanda Haas Boulder, Western Australia