This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Canfield/McKinder/Dunkin/Duncan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/3045.3090 Message Board Post: You didn't say what your mother/grandmother's maiden name was. Canfield or Beckwith? I am researching Canfield's and may have info to share. I am also curious why my Canfield grandmother (Alice of Lucas Co., Iowa) was so dark, with black eyes, as was all of her children when other's in the family were light blue eyed. Since this family goes back to 1640 in America, it is a possibility that there was some indian blood in there. Who knows -- but I am keeping my eyes and ears open for that possibility -- Sandy