In a message dated 04/08/1999 6:41:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, CCarman114@aol.com writes: > > The relationship to Charlemagne really isn't that far fetched. We probably > all are. According to a lecture from a former pres. of our genealogical > society statistically we all must be related. If you figure you have two > parents, four grandparents, then 8, then 16, then 32 etc. it doesn't take > that long to get up into very large numbers. Just this last year I proved my mother and father were cousins in addition to my wife and I being cousins. Get back to early New England with both families and it is almost certain you will find common relations. Always optimistic--Dave