This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BROWN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GJB.2ACE/55.615.798.809.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Mitchell, I have been looking over my family tree......there are so many similar family names.....I strongly suspect that we have common ancestors. I have a William Franklin Brown born 8/7/1883 in Wood County, Texas, he was the son of John Rufus Brown. I show that he had three sisters, but he could easily have had a brother that I simply do not know about. That is how these trees develop. One link leads to another. Do you have any more information on your family? I know this date would conflict with the date you have, but it is possible that either one could be off by a year or so. What do you think? Pat Merrill