Thank you for your kind words. The objection is not surprising if one considers that the Via family may have gone down hill during the three century interval between the 14th and 17th centuries. During those three centuries all knowledge of being related to a Pope may have been lost. Just think what a difficult time some of us have trying to connect to our families in much less time than three centuries! Also in the 17th century, people were very class conscious. In addition, the Maupin opposition to a marriage is just a story not based on any documentation that I have ever seen. And documentation is the key word here, I think. It is just a story repeated a number of times but that doesn't necessarily make it true. I certainly don't know enough to form an informed opinion about any of my 17th century ancestors, especially those who were rather obscure in the sense that they left no diaries and are not known to history. Janelle