This G. Washington thread is fascinating, but more for its illumination of gossiping behavior than for genealogical substance. I suggest that any GW (putative) issue should currently be acknowledged as "urban myth" unless hard physical evidence is forthcoming. As a professional geneticist interested in the debunking power of DNA, let's all just wait a few years until more evidence is at hand, if any. Public speculation does nothing but feed the flame, and plop a speculative sentence in an archive somewhere that will encourage someone 50 years hence to interpret it as fact. Larry L. Mai, PhD Long Beach, CA To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html