This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SWEARINGEN, BLUE JACKET Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/FCC.2ACE/2056.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: "Red Fox" had an excellent quote: "Momma's baby, Papa's maybe. If you read any of the statistics - they provide such a situation on the average of every 8 generations or so. A married woman's child always carries the surname of the husband - regardless of parentage. Blue Jacket's descendants does not match male descendants of the Swearingens. A pretty scientific "blow" to the myth!