This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Spivey; Sharrock; Gill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2UB.2ACI/2232.1 Message Board Post: Do you happen to know of any of the Spivey line that carries the inherited gene for Retinitis Pigmentosis? That blindness gene is carried from our SPIVEY line from the male to daughters who carry it to the male offspring. In years gone by this disease was not able to be diagnosed but now much research is being done. We apparently got it thru Susannah SPIVEY Sharrock. There are a number of the extended family who would appreciate hearing from anyone who knows of a connection.