Mayby this is why there is so much confusion about Andrew having children. Hope this helps. Grace Andrew and Rachel Jackson did not have any children of their own, but adopted one of Rachel's nephews and gave him the name of Andrew Jackson, Jr. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Harkey Russell" <maryiola@alltel.net> To: <JACKSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [JACKSON] VERY common newbie mistake > President Andrew had two brothers and no sister. Both brothers died without > heirs. However this seems to be one of those fairy tails that will never > die. > My mother told me I was related to Andrew Jackson and I was - he was a poor > farmer in Arkansas. > Mary Harkey Russell > maryiola@alltel.net > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bird > Listowner Jackson-L > > > > > ==== JACKSON Mailing List ==== > There is also a Jackson-UK list to Subscribe send the word subscribe to Jackson-UK-L-request@rootsweb.com or for the digest form > Jackson-UK-D-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ >