>HI, I just joined this group last week and have been reading the posts >with much interest. I received a response from Mr. Brown regarding my >Thomas surname and it not being native american. Since I have not idea >as to what the credentials of a the list members are, I was wondering >how he could speak with such authority? Please be careful. I only said that I had never heard of Indian connections with the Thomas families I'm familiar with. I would never say that anyone was not an Indian. The fpc THOMAS family in Southern Maryland claimed descent from a white woman. >After receiving the information from Mr. Brown I received an email >mentioning the Thomas name in connection with the Dodd family and >indicating that was a native american connection. > >My questions is simple, "Who is correct?" THOMAS is an exceedingly common surname. The fact that one THOMAS line may have an Indian connection does not mean that all of them do.