Thank you everyone for answering my question, I understand alot better now. Never knew what it meant exactly and knew someday I would post the question when I got caught up in my genealogy. Does one ever get caught up? But I suppose my Winslow line, 2nd wife to Edgar Healey Rowe, the Caroline native has gone back as far as earthly possible, and I'm quite satisfied and will go no further on her, because I think anything earlier would be hard to prove. So that leaves all the other lines, hehe, including dear g-grandfather Edgar Rowe & his father John Gallatin Rowe. I was just curious about the question, because according to Family Tree Maker, another person on the CAROLINE list is my 4th cousin. And when I looked it up, I was surprised, I figured we were at least a little removed, his g-grandmother & my g-grandfather were siblings, but now that I put it on paper, 4th cousins looks about right, and I'm glad we're not removed :) Patti SURNAMES: Chicago&NJ-Coyne, Niehaus Mass- Baker, Bourne, Curtis, Chilton, Miller, Newton, Pope, Shaw, Snow, Standish, Warren, Winslow Virginia- Leitch, Purcell, Rowe Japan-Fujii England- Ollyver, Spinney, Tansley, Throckmorton, Warren, Waterman