My niece's (an ALLEN) grandmother gave me a CD of her family info, and cautioned me that no one knew of the Polish Connection. Grandma's grandfather changed his name from Jerzkowski to Allen. Niece thought she was Irish, shocked to find the Polish Connection when I gave her a Fam Tree for a wedding gift. Groom married her anyway. (JOKE) JWR -----Original Message----- From: Kathy Cochran <kathys_old_house@goldrush.com> To: hesse <hesse@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 2:56 pm Subject: Re: [HESSE] Jumping to conclusions This is QUITE a hot topic, it is seeming. I contacted a long-lost cousin ith all the information about our relatives from Alzey, (I THOUGHT she ould be THRILLED!) and she responded back with, "Well, actually is it ooking like we are from Alsace-Lorraine. You shouldn't be so dismissive nd disrespectful of family stories and traditions." I was FLOORED! I mailed her back, but I am sure that I will NEVER hear from her again! Oh ell!