Dear list, I have not seen much information or interest in the Webb surname origin. I'm guessing surnames have been around for about a thousand years. They adopted these names by reason of occupation, appearance, relationships and many other reasons. Does anyone know if the Webb surname is primarily from their occupation being weavers and does anyone have an educated guess as to how many separate Webb lines there are that don't have a common ancestor since before the use of surnames began? All weavers obviously were not related. Is it possible that there are thousands of individual Webb lines who are not related or don't have a common ancestor DNA match until you go back to the ice age? Charles Webb __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com