Perhaps I should have been more specific :( I am now 70 yrs of age and remember my grandmother, born 1895 who lived with me and my mother and step father when I was a child. As well as the knowledge of her parents, she remembered her grandmother born 1828. The information I shared was based on that knowledge of life in Britain with that side of the family, from War Department records which my grandmother was analysing, and paternally, from information handed down. It was not based on my parentage alone. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Harris" <[email protected]> : : : Hi again, : : My Fletchers (Mull and Glen Orchy) are all pretty big men. My father is 6 ft. 2. in., so is my only brother, and now my 17 year old son has just hit that height as well. Funny thing genes are. I'm thinking nutrition is part of it, but a lot of it is predetermined before birth. I say that because we have 4 sons and their heights vary quite a bit and I think the nutrition would be pretty much equal. They are 5' 11", 5' 10", 6' 2" and the 14 year old is only 5' 4" but growing. I would add that my husband is 5' 6" tall and I'm a bit shorter. : : The tallest Fletcher I have known was my grandfather's cousin, Alisdair Fletcher, who was born on Mull and farmed mid 20th century with his brother, Colin Fletcher, at Antium. He was at least 6' 4" tall. He was also long lived. He died in his early 90s. What will interest the previous message posters about this ... his mother was a Cameron! : : Mary Fletcher Harris : Canada : : ------------------------------- : To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Janet You just hit on something that has me curious (on a lighter note) Would be interesting to know the earliest-born *grandparent* of listers (I know, a bit of trivia) I'm 61 (very soon), and my grandfather was born 1878 Let's have your dates please (no need to disclose age ladies) Michael