No, we have lots of twisted branches on our Simsbury Case/Holcomb lines.
Not sure if they were first cousins or more distant, but it is common. So
far as I can see, we aren't weird or anything (except maybe for howling at
the moon every month). ;o)
----- Original Message -----
From: <PhyllBeach(a)aol.com>
To: <case-family(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CASE-FAMILY] DNA question
If one goes to Wikipedia, which can be found by Googling it, there
is a
fascinating article on Genetic genealogy and how it got started.
(Basically
someone set out to prove all Jewish men named Cohen really did have the
same
biblical ancestor. DNA testing showed better than 98% were descended from
the
same man!) This all makes one think about what other traits are only
passed from
fathers to sons, other than a passion for TV remotes! Perhaps I have to
try
and forgive our ancestors for putting all the emphasis on the male family
lines. Some instinct must have told them there was a reason for it's
importance.
By the way, Wikipedia says Darwin did the first research about cousins
marrying. Am I the only one with a few twigs on their family tree where a
Case
married a Case? It was most common among the upper classes of England.
So much
for the belief it is the hillbilly rednecks, says she who just retired
from
CT to TN! ...Phyllis
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