Hello, Kathy. Jones Kathy wrote: > I did not see my branch of Sissons on your website. There are so many branches of Sissons, and so many of them haven't made contact with us yet, that your branch is one of thousands we don't have in our records. Please send a list of your Sisson ancestry to me, and I'll see that it is passed on to the person who updates the online database. Start with yourself (though you won't find yourself, or other living people, named on the database). Give your full name and date and place of birth. Same for your parents, and then follow the line back through the Sisson ancestors as far back as you know (or can find out from relatives), with the same full names and dates and places of birth. It's OK if you don't know the complete information, but it's helpful to us if you can give what you do know. We may be able to make the link between what you know and what we know. We might be able to trace your Sisson ancestry back as much as 400 years. > My Dad is a Sisson > that was born in Ringgold. There are still quite a few of us in this > area. I should send in some of our geneology. Yes, please. That's just what I've asked in the paragraph above. > I have a question about > genetic metabolic diseases. Are there any known genetic metabolic > disorders in the Sisson family? Metabolic disorders are common in > England. I am specifically looking at fat oxidation disorders, > mitochondrial disorders, muscular dystrophy, and neurofibromatosis. I > have three children who have some health issues. My daughter is 21 > and has numerous autoimmune disorders. The two boys have some other > issues. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. We haven't done any studies of genetic disorders, and to my knowledge there is no such study for more than two or three generations for any family. > Please > respond to my home e-mail as I am having surgery jonesy47@bellsouth.net > Thank you. I wish you well as you undergo the surgery and recover from it. I know something of how you feel. Yours, David Arne Sisson