GENEALOGY-DNA-L Archives

Archiver > GENEALOGY-DNA > 2001-09 > 0999978400


From: "Allan S. Gleason" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Double Ancestors
Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 12:46:40 -0700
References: <36.1b4b5d44.28cb6662@aol.com>


Just finished telling Gregg that we have NO ancestors in common after
looking at his surname list and now, considering all of the Brainerd
royalty connections, I guess I'm not related to you either!

After close scrutiny of your photo - ever think of growing the beard
back? :} Mine's a scraggly gray which makes me look more like a buffalo
than Andy Gump. Helps keep the girls away too!
Allan



wrote:
>
> In a message dated 9/8/01 5:01:57 AM,
> writes:
>
> << I am not sure which is worse, knowing my ancestors married cousins, or
>
> alternatively claiming no inbreeding, and consequently having to claim a
>
> bacterial heritage. >>
>
> Gregg,
>
> If you get lemons, make lemonade! (not exactly the right metaphor, but hey,
> the expression is still fun to say.)
>
> A couple of years ago I put together my Brainerd ancestry web site which
> shows how I descend from no less than THREE of the sons of the immigrant from
> England, Daniel Brainerd and his wife Hannah Spencer. Heck, I'm more Brainerd
> than the average Brainerd!
>
> I'm fascinated by this ancestrial line because of all the links to historical
> figures which you can see (teaser alert!) if you go and take a look at:
>
> http://members.aol.com/RichStead5/Brainerd.index.html
>
> Oh, and that funny looking character at the bottom of the page has been sans
> beard for some time now :)
>
> Richard Steadham
>
> ==============================
> Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate
> your heritage!
> http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog

This thread: