Good observation---I've heard the old saying about that--
"Mama's baby; Papa's .... maybe."

One of the main reasons the Jewish people trace through the maternal
lines....!!

Doris....A Texan in Georgia.....
still shaking the family tree
and dodging the nuts after 30+ years!!!


----- Original Message -----
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Do Not Forget Your Female Ancestors


> In a message dated 7/25/03 7:13:07 PM Central Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> >
> >
> >     I wish the court records included more female activity rather than
the
> > tradition of listing all property in the males name.  That would make it
> > easier for us.
> >
>
> Anyone who is only interested in the male line isn't very interested in
> genealogy.  After all, they say that about 12% of the population are
bastards.
> This means that in those big old families that one out of every eight
children
> might not be legitimate.  The mamas know who they give birth to, but the
poor
> daddies just have to hope that the child is theirs.  This will get your
> genealogy down a dark hole rather quickly if you spend your time chasing
families that
> are really not your ancestors.  This is not to say that you should give up
on
> the male lines.  It only means you need to be very careful and work BOTH
male
> and female lines as hard as you can.  After all, the mamas have daddies
> also...you just have to hope they are the real daddies.  So, let's work on
ALL of
> our ancestors just as hard as we can.
>
> Jno
>



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