Like so many others on the list have several that are "kissing cousins"....but so far, have only run across them on my Paternal side. Paternal Side: Cotten...my brick wall, stuck in 1809 in LA Collateral lines: Claud (cloid), Flowers, Frith Hinton (all the way back to 1070AD!....35 generations) Eng to VA, NC, SC, AL, MS, LA Collateral lines with this: Futtrell, Alston, Hardy, Smith, and many others Kinnison (Pa, MS, LA) and the Kissing Cousin: Guice-Germany, PA, TN, MS, LA Beck: Ireland, MS, LA Parker: Another roadblock!.....La...supposedly related to Cynthia Ann Parker of TX who was kidnapped by the Commanche Indians...son Quanah, last chief. Maternal Lines: Spellman: Ireland, LA (collateral: Nolan, Amann, Peterson) Stenger: Germany, LA (collateral: Strieb and McLean) McLean: Ireland, LA Roache: Ireland, LA I am 40, a new first time mother (Yes, lost my head there!) have been doing research about 3 years and love it. I used to be a paramedic and now dispatch for a medical helicopter service for a hospital in New Orleans. I used to do alot of crafts until I got hooked on geneology! Lisa