Ok...I just have to ask [and my husband's been needling me to do so for quite some time, too]... Our Perkins family has a birthmark that seems to be "handed down" with each generation, a light-red round mark on the back of the head, right above the neck. It is usually right above the hairline and not easily to see unless you look for it [or you're bald..<g>] Anyhow, my grandfather had it, so did my father, all of my four brothers and sisters do, as well as their children. I have it and so do my two children. My father told me that all Perkins in our family have this birthmark. Does this ring a bell with anyone here?? Just wondering if this something that has been occuring in other Perkins lines as well.... Marlitta H. Perkins [email protected]

Hi Marlitta, This birthmark is in our family also, but I'm wondering if it's really specific to the Perkins? The last Perkins in our ancestry was my husband's Great-grandmother. Her father, Thomas Perkins, was reported to be a Native American. I haven't yet been able to verify this, but have come up with at least one clue pointing in that direction: One record I have says he was born in Old Town, Maine, home of the Penobscot Indian nation. At any rate, my husband has the birthmark - not a real round mark, but a red "splotch" at the hairline, and by granddaughter, born May 30, has it also. Her cousin also has this birthmark, but her cousin is not a Perkins descendant. I wonder if this is just a common birthmark? Lynda ----- Original Message ----- From: Marlitta H. Perkins <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 8:48 AM Subject: [PERKINS] Perkins Birthmark? > Ok...I just have to ask [and my husband's been needling me to do so for > quite some time, too]... > Our Perkins family has a birthmark that seems to be "handed down" with each > generation, a light-red round mark on the back of the head, right above the > neck. It is usually right above the hairline and not easily to see unless > you look for it [or you're bald..<g>] > Anyhow, my grandfather had it, so did my father, all of my four brothers and > sisters do, as well as their children. I have it and so do my two children. > My father told me that all Perkins in our family have this birthmark. Does > this ring a bell with anyone here?? Just wondering if this something that > has been occuring in other Perkins lines as well.... > > Marlitta H. Perkins > [email protected] > > > > > ==== PERKINS Mailing List ==== > Got a Sarah in your Perkins Line? See who else does too! > Our Perkins List Home Page is something to be Perkie about! > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~sonyapl/ > Sign the guest books and tell the list about your Perkins Branch > > > ============================== > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 >