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