Hi clan Jane Elliot wrote me and suggested that I look at sons of Levi Loveless for Tom Cates' connection. It makes sense as they were in the right area at the right time. I had been focused on Levi and three of his brothers as they were in the right area. There is another possibility which is that James Alexander Walton is the father as the family paper genealogists had suggested, but that he is a Loveless (perhaps son of JT, or his father is a Loveless. I am looking for a male line descendant of the brother of Tom's GGrandfather to do a Y test and see if they have the same father. My question to the group, are you aware of any Lovel*** that was in the area where these two Waltons were born who may be candidates to be their fathers? Based on what you know of the location of the Lovel*** that Tom matches, would a illegitimate birth to one of the Newberry five or relative? As a reminder Bill Loveless is the closest Y DNA match to Tom and his line goes to JT Loveless 1771. James Alexander Walton 1811–1857 BIRTH 29 JULY 1811 • Burke County, Georgia, USA Jesse Walton 1786–1851 BIRTH 1786 • Onslow County, North Carolina, USA Thanks Lenny