Dear Darrell (and Steve); I really had put some thought behind my statement. So far the Winthrop Fleet arrivals are all on my mother's side, my dad's family is a little more illusive, but I'm getting there! People tended to settle with groups they knew, or were kin with, then as our country added more people, they spread out a bit, but still kept many of those ties. Besides they had zillions of children (another mathematically based term) who had zillions of children so now we are all cousins! Nice to "meet" another cousin!- nice humor to end the day, thanks! -Dana On Nov 10, 2004, at 5:44 PM, Darrell Martin wrote: > At 05:55 PM 11/10/04, dana jensen wrote: >> Dear Steve; >> >> I think we are ALL cousins. I have come to the conclusion that anyone >> who's relatives arrived with the Winthrop Fleet (and I have at least >> 10), means we are no doubt related somehow! >> Good luck with your search, cousin! >> >> -Dana > > Hi: > > It might sound like a joke, but your conclusion is actually a near > mathematical certainty for any two people who both have more than two > or three Great Migration ancestors in separate lines. > > Darrell > > > Darrell A. Martin darrellm@sprynet.com > a native Vermonter currently in exile in Illinois > http://www.darrell-martin.net/genealogy > > > > ============================== > Expand your family tree. Search more than 200 million names in > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >