Dear Bill, You said: "As far as I know, none of the above people lived in that part of Grainger County which became Hamblen County in 1870. :)" :) :) That's true <tee hee> Furthermore although many genealogists are interested in finding "royal lines", I am primarily focused on (or madly obsessed with) the lives of millers along the Holston. <grin> Since my only lines of descent are the folks who lived along the Holston (my maternal ancestors) and poor Irish famine immigrants (my paternal ancestors), I seriously doubt whether I have any "royal lines" at all. However, both my husband and sister-in-law are distant cousins of the late Princess of Wales. They are descended from Elder John Strong (as are many other Americans, of course <smile>) You said: "Beatrice's daughter Victoria Eugenie married Spanish king Alphonso XIII; two of their sons had the disease, but I have not heard of problems in the present Spanish royal family. Thank you for this piece of information anyway. As I said I thought I had better stop writing before I spread some incorrect information. I had started to say the "Protestant Royal families", but I knew someone descended from Victoria must married into the Spanish Royal family which would have been Catholic, because I remember once reading that when the little Spanish princes went out to play the servants tied pillows around all the trees. I couldn't figure this one out since I was pretty sure none of Victoria's daughters had married a Spanish prince so it MUST have been a granddaughter..My husband disconnected my computer from his so that he could try to connect to my visiting brother-in-law's laptop so I couldn't search the internet and was too tired to spend the afternoon digging for a book that might have this information. I am pretty sure that trying to figure out the Spanish "connection" would have driven me totally crazy before the end of the day. So thanks a lot. <grin> Gail in MO