Wonderful exchange of opinions, evidentiary in essence. Gosh, genealogy is at best 50% faith in that we generally know who the mother is....LOL The Drake-generated proposal to drop "preponderance of evidence" is interesting; we continue to grow, to talk, and that makes us all better genies. Good work, all of you. Regards, Erik P Conard, PhD, 40 years a genie, too. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html