I don't know about the black Douglas' but definitely Robert the Bruce....I am not computer literate enough to know if I have a relationship calculator but I'll take your word for it..Hi Cousin...LOL... >From: JF <gen9@cox.net> >Reply-To: PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com >To: PLANTAGENET-DESCENDANTS-PROJECT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PDP] gateway ancestors >Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 19:25:09 -0700 > >Susannah, > >Do you have a relationship calculator in your genealogy software >(Family TreeMaker, Generations, Reunion, The Master Genealogist, >etc.)? If so, it usually will give you the relationship to any >person in your tree via the shortest route (Generations, Reunion, >and The Master Genealogist will anyway). But in counting via this >list, it appears she's your 18th great grandmother. As such, using >the cousin calculator I mentioned in an earlier message, that makes >you and I 18th cousins once removed. Via a different connection it >might be shorter or longer. And we do seem to have other common >connections--to the Stewarts, Bruces, Lords of Raby, and the Lords >of Bamburg, to mention just a few I see. I also noted you're >descended from the Red Douglases--any Black Douglases in there as >well? Anyway, thanks for providing the information. > >Jim > >susannah ohhhh wrote: > >>Joan Beaufort is my umptillion great grandmother....Here is the >>line... >> >>Me >>Murray Jones 1921 >>Archie Maraman 1896 >>Arch Gillen Maraman 1870 >>William Francis Maraman 1846 >>Susan Cassandra Magruder 1824 >>Archibald Magruder, Jr. 1800 >>Archibald magruder, Sr. 1751 >>Ninian Magruder, Jr. 1709 >>Elizabeth Brewer 1690 >>Sarah Ridgeley >>Elizabeth Howard 1642 >>Matthew Howard 1609 >>John Howard 1578 >>Robert Howard 1537 >>Margaret Douglas 1515 >>Margaret, Queen of Scotland 1489 >>Henry VII and Elizabeth, Princess of England 1465... >> > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and safe. http://specials.msn.com/msn/security.asp