My father just discovered that his lady friend and my mom were
cousins...10th or so.  Seems very odd to me.  More odd to her.  Growing
up on the right side of a certain river in Maine she had been told to
keep her distance from them French Canadians on the other side...turns
out she was more French Canadian than the English she was told.

-jc



On Jan 4, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Cuyler Page wrote:

>> (lives in Union Valley between Cuyler and Cincinnatus, descendant of
>> the
> infamous Loomis Gang)
>
> Are you proud to also know someone who is a descendent of the famous
> Cuyler
> gang?   My antique people, the Vrooman brothers,  moved there in 1640
> and
> settled on a corner of Mr. Cuyler's farm.   Must have married one of
> the
> Cuyler girls, 'cause in my "line" the family name is now at the
> beginning of
> a instead of the end of a name.   Got the Vrooman book to prove it
> too, but
> it is a small book because the family remained pretty small through the
> centuries.
>
> Small world though.   Had to move 3000 miles from Ithaca and start a
> new
> life in the West before meeting a great girl and getting married and
> then
> discovering she was my tenth cousin through the Cuyler-Vrooman
> connection.
>
> cheers,
> cuyler page in bc
>
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