Whether we like it or not, we ARE what our ancestors WERE : I accidently learned where I got my mouth underbite from : one day I looked at my grandmother Canterbury's old picture, and saw she had an underbite. Several of my Burgess cousins inherited this ugly underbite, including myself However, not all is bad though: grandmother Baisden did not turn gray headed until she was in her seventies. My hair did not gray until I was in my seventies also,so I believe I had some of her good genes <grin>. My Burgess side mostly inherited Asthma and other breathing diseases. I escaped this curse though; but it leapfrogged over me to some of my children.What are your inherited blessings, and curses ? Shelby

Shelby, My paternal great grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth Sturgell Buzzard Runyon never really turned gray and she died at 98 years of age. Her very dark hair had just a few gray hairs and what was there was very dark gray. My mother's family is a whole different story. They were all nearly white headed in their forties. I have only a couple here and there and I have my fingers crossed that I took after Catherine. My sister and her two daughters and myself and my son have thalasemia which apparently what took the life of my father at age 28. We also have many of the melungeon traits; shovel teeth, the knot on the skull and the hump on our back. I also suffer from Lupus which can also be related to the Melungeons and their heath issues. My brother on the other hand has none of the Melungeon traits but is beginning to gray. Anita  ________________________________ From: "BurgessWV@aol.com" <BurgessWV@aol.com> To: WVLOGAN-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:28:13 PM Subject: [WVLOGAN] Genetic Traits; The Good, And The Bad Whether we like it or not, we ARE what our ancestors WERE  : I accidently learned where I got my mouth underbite from : one day I looked at my grandmother Canterbury's old picture, and saw she had an underbite. Several of my Burgess cousins inherited this ugly underbite, including myself However,  not all is bad though: grandmother Baisden did not turn gray headed until she was in her seventies. My hair did not gray until I was in my seventies also,so I believe I had some of her good genes <grin>. My Burgess side mostly inherited Asthma and other breathing diseases. I escaped this curse though; but it leapfrogged over me to some of my children.What are your inherited blessings, and curses ? Shelby ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Shelby - It's hard for me to determine what trait came from what line. My physical characteristics seem to come from all of them. Maybe my asthma comes from the Burgesses. My green eyes probably came from the Berrys or further back, the Caucasian Berbers of Morocco. My love of the mountains came from the Stewarts and Mullinses. I believe my loving to laugh came from the Mullinses too. This is an interesting topic. Cousin Rick On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:28 PM, <BurgessWV@aol.com> wrote: > Whether we like it or not, we ARE what our ancestors WERE > : I accidently learned where I got my mouth underbite from : one day I > looked at my grandmother Canterbury's old picture, and saw she had an > underbite. > Several of my Burgess cousins inherited this ugly underbite, including > myself > However, not all is bad though: grandmother Baisden did not turn gray > headed until she was in her seventies. My hair did not gray until I was in > my > seventies also,so I believe I had some of her good genes <grin>. > My Burgess side mostly inherited Asthma and other breathing diseases. I > escaped this curse though; but it leapfrogged over me to some of my > children.What are your inherited blessings, and curses ? > > Shelby > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVLOGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >