Mitchell and all,it was the same reaction that Jefferson's family had when it surfaced about him having children with Sally Hemmings...disbelief but DNA testing has proven it...it might be interesting to consider doing this also with some of Vardry's direct descendents and your family,Mitchell...... Dean,who thinks things like this are what makes genealogy interesting ===== Dean Hughson,Las Vegas http://www.deanhughson.com http://www.eggman.cc deanhughson (chat address at http://www.aol.com/aim/aimexpress.html ) http://www.teveo.com/_go/cam.asp?ID=1049491465 (web cam) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1