This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5AB.2ACE/682.1.1.1 Message Board Post: My guess would be we are related. I believe Preston was my grandfather James Franklin Shepherd's brother. Preston was also related to my mother. My mother and father were distant cousins. Both Shepherds when they married. You can email me at vickann@msn.com and we can compare notes if you would like. Vickie Mitchell