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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (173497)	1/22/2009 10:43:29 AM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 225578

I have a cousin whose job required her to travel extensively around the country over a number of years. Everywhere she went she took time to go to court houses and search the Adams family name. She eventually (after more than 20 years of this) produced a book the size of a large city telephone directory on the family tree. It's fascinating reading, and lots of pictures. An interesting aside, in all this she was able to trace us back to the Chesapeake Bay area and found where a group of Indians chased a boatload of family up (or down) the Chesapeake. She was always convinced we were related to the Adams Presidents. To that end she asked me to submit my DNA to a group that does this sort of thing. After several weeks we got a terse memo saying something like "...as far as being related to the Adams Presidential line, not even close." Talk about lost bragging rights! It was fun thinking about...

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (173497)	1/22/2009 11:27:59 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 225578

My fathers side came from Prussia but with a name like Altman, translated = old man, I'm not sure how far his line could be traced.. I suspect the spelling was originally Altmann. My name translates = Big Man