My father had TB three times, lost a kidney to it and is now 87 years young. His father William McSheehy and William's identical twin Francis, both died of TB the same year my father was born, 1920. As I have done my family search, I keep finding family that died of TB all on my father's side, not my mother's. So I am wondering, and I know this is a "reach", if my mother's folk (Co. Mayo) not having TB was just luck or is there a susceptibility among the Kerry folk to TB. Just curious. I do know that because of my father, I have been told that I need to be screened for it for the rest of my life and the last time he had it was around 1959. Monica ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour