This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/wdB.2ACI/630.2.1.1.1.3.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Sue, John Frederick Herrold was George Simon Herrold's brother. Both Jacque and I are descended from George Simon. He is our 4xg grandfather making us 5th cousins. My guess is that would make us 6th cousins.