Hello Shelby - The Mullinses and Burgesses married just as much. I think they knew how close in was safe. Then I look around at some family members and wonder. Grin. Cousin Rick > > From: BurgessWV@aol.com > Date: 2006/06/20 Tue PM 03:28:16 EDT > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] secrets - ydna > > Cousin Rick; > When you look at all the Burgess,s & McNeelys marrying, its hard to see why > incest didnt happen. But I guess the older folks told them who was kin to whom. > The ancestors had livestock and knew what would happen if farm animals > intrabred is another reason.Usually, the offspring would be lame, but not all the > time. > I have a neighbor here in Cleveland who told me she had to leave Harts Creek > to get married; She was close kin to every one else on the creek,ha > > Shelby > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >

You all are so funny, good attitudes about all this. Cuz Gracie ----- Original Message ----- From: <rcs5@bellsouth.net> To: <WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 3:48 PM Subject: Re: Re: [WVLOGAN] secrets - ydna > Hello Shelby - The Mullinses and Burgesses married just as much. I think they knew how close in was safe. Then I look around at some family members and wonder. Grin. Cousin Rick > > > > From: BurgessWV@aol.com > > Date: 2006/06/20 Tue PM 03:28:16 EDT > > To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [WVLOGAN] secrets - ydna > > > > Cousin Rick; > > When you look at all the Burgess,s & McNeelys marrying, its hard to see why > > incest didnt happen. But I guess the older folks told them who was kin to whom. > > The ancestors had livestock and knew what would happen if farm animals > > intrabred is another reason.Usually, the offspring would be lame, but not all the > > time. > > I have a neighbor here in Cleveland who told me she had to leave Harts Creek > > to get married; She was close kin to every one else on the creek,ha > > > > Shelby > > > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >