Never mind us trying to find the answers - what do you do with them? The standard family tree program does not make allowances for person 15 being in two places at the same time, never mind whole swaths of the tree with duplicated ancestry. The Charles Shire & Dorothy connection, twice or maybe three times does the trick, and when I go way back in the royal lines, as they all intermarried, the branches begin to combine. Since a lot of royalty descended from Charlemagne, several of the lines bend in that direction; I have three connections so far. Sigh. Even trying to put down on paper the Switzer, Dulmage and Shire lines, interwoven as they are, is going to be a mess. I think the piece of paper would have to as wide as our apartment, and covered with lines going every which way. This is not fun, this is an addiction. :) Take care, Paul Dicks >From: <judy.lyn@sympatico.ca> >Reply-To: IRL-PALATINE-L@rootsweb.com >To: IRL-PALATINE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [IP] Where Did Harriet(t) Switzer Come From >Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 10:50:45 -0400 > >Know from where you are coming from. >Rachel Doupe first married nathaniel Shier, after he died, she married her >cousin Charles Doupe, son of John Doupe who married a Sarah Miller, I have >kind of got Charles descending from a John doupe who married Elizabeth >Fitzelle, His father may have been Harry Doupe who married an Agnes. >But I am descending from two Doupe brothers... John and Samuel. >intermarrying cousins did not seem to bother these people. >I guess they didn't consider thier descendants who would later try to >figure out the mess they made. lol >Hopefully you can find someone to figure out your mess, I am still trying >to find out something about the mess my ancestors made in my particular >tree. >What were they thinking???? lol >Judy > > > > >==== IRL-PALATINE Mailing List ==== >Oh, man! There is no planet, sun, or star could HOLD you, >If you but knew what you are! -- Ralph Waldo Emerson > _________________________________________________________________ Designer Mail isn't just fun to send, it's fun to receive. Use special stationery, fonts and colors. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page=byoa/prem&xAPID=1994&DI=1034&SU=http://hotmail.com/enca&HL=Market_MSNIS_Taglines Start enjoying all the benefits of MSN® Premium right now and get the first two months FREE*.