We Groats are made of strong stock! <grin> What originally amazed me was the fact that these people seemed to live to such old ages. Then I realized that those who were strong enough to survive childhood diseases and epidemics were so strong that they just lived until the body just wore out. Jim Groat ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] famous sons and daughters > I'm always amazed at some of the women--such as Catharina Groat, mother of > 14, or Minetta Irish, mother of 16 including 2 sets of twins. Such huge > families must have taken a Herculean effort to manage! >