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Ancestry/Genealogy

kdmorris

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3. I bet anyone who came to America in the 1600's

Reply to shanti (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 07:28 AM

Jan 2013

and had a six or seven kids who lived to adulthood (not an easy fete back then) has 200,000 descendents living now. I just love how, the further back I go, the more the fact that "we are all related" hits home for me

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NYT piece on a branch of my family [View all] shanti Jan 2013 OP

I'm a direct descendent too kdmorris Jan 2013 #1

hey cousin! shanti Jan 2013 #2

I bet anyone who came to America in the 1600's kdmorris Jan 2013 #3

genealogy is like shanti Jan 2013 #4

I found out that my husband is my 7th cousin on my mother's side kdmorris Jan 2013 #5

I found out my parents (both now deceased) were 8th cousins. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #8

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