Sharon, As a follow-up to Charlie's census record, I can only offer the following, and I have no idea where I got it. I have Starkus as being born "abt. 1858" and Melissa as being born "December 1859." There would probably thus be enough time for them to have been born separately instead of as twins. But yes, your dad may well have said something about twins in the Hoffpauir family, because my step-grandfather Samuel Rufus ("Roy") Hoffpauir was a twin to Susan Ruth Hoffpauir (who married a Methodist minister by the last name of George). S.R. and Susan Ruth were your dad's aunt and uncle, right? Also, from my experience with other families, it does seem like twins "run in families." Any other Hoffpauir twins out there? Barbara Hill <bhill@uclink4.berkeley.edu> At 02:14 AM 1/1/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hello again, > I have a question. My records show that Francis Hoffpauir and his sister >Amilda married their cousins Malissa and Starkus Hoffpauir. Malissa and >Starkus were also siblings. My question is this....were Malissa and Starkus >also twins? My records show they were both born in 1858. Now, I realize that >this doesn't necessarily mean they were twins, but they might be and I recall >my dad saying something about twins and his mother's family. Does anyone have >any info on this? > >Happy New Millennium, >Sharon Dulcich > > >==== HOFFPAUIR Mailing List ==== >Please only use the HOFFPAUIR-L list for genealogy messages. >Any message or question about the Hoffpauir family is acceptable. >This includes all surnames that are descended from one of the >Hoffpauirs. >