Joan, Thanks very much for posting the Garrison link it is very informative. Would you mind sharing your Garrison line? Sara ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <NJCUMBER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 3:20 PM Subject: Re: [NJCUMBER] Garrisons of Cumberland Co., NJ & DNA Testing > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: jmyoung365 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newjersey.counties.cumberland/2532.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > There was a post on the GARRISON surname board/list a couple years ago > about DNA testing and the lengthly post claimed that there were mulitple > origins for the GARRISONs including those in Cumberland and Salem > counties: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/garrison/2006-01/1136917095 > > Apparently line #6 descending from "early David" is the one we've been > discussing with the allegation of Indian ancestry. No ducumentation was > presented -- just the story that the immigrant ancestor in the early 1600s > had married a "Delaware Indian." So that allegation may be the basis for > the many family stories of GARRISON Native American heritage. > > There is another way of "proving" NA (or other Asian) ancestry that no one > has mentioned as yet in this thread. Asians (including Native Americans) > have differences in their teeth and gums from Europeans. If a person > inherits Indian (or Asian) shovel or scoop teeth it would be an indication > of Asian or NA blood. If a person who believes they are only part NA does > NOT inherit the "Asian" teeth it doesn't prove they do NOT have NA > blood--but the presence of this trait pretty much proves they DO. A > dentist could confirm or refute the presence of the so-called "Indian > teeth." I thought this sounded like a myth when I first heard about it so > I asked my dentist and he confirmed that the trait does exist. > > Joan > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NJCUMBER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Since there is so much lately on the Garrison line I thought I would add my two cents. My grandmother was Lenora Garrison b-1885 in Cumberland County and living in Bridgeton.She married Samuel T. Shaw b=1883 also from Cumberland County.(Roadstown)Lenora's Father was Samuel L. Garrison and her mother Emma J. Swing . I have more information if anyone is interested.