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Gerry, I was referred to you. I am wanting to know if you can assist me? Here is my statement:

My Grandfather came to Colorado as a young man of 25 and to my knowledge left no family history. He is suppose to have been born in Calais, Washington County, Maine on December 31, 1865, and arrived in Colorado in 1890. Who his parents were is a large question? According to US census reports both parents were born in Ireland and that is all I know.

I have written to the city of Calais and there have not records that can assist, can you?

His name was George Frederick Black.

Signed, Douglas Shackley, Livermore CA USA doug_shack@hotmail.com

My husband is a descendant of Henry Green, son of Stephen & Yvonne Serote . He has had his Y chromosome testing done and it shows that that his Y ancestry (L21) is linked to the British Isles , especially Wales, Scotland & Ireland. However, when he had his overall ancestry done, it shows a high linkage to the Tsongas tribe in Africa. this would not be surprising, given that Henry married Martha Black. In addition, we don't know anything about Stephen's parentage.He does plan to have some upgrading done later this year.I have often wondered if there was any relationship between Henry & Benjamin Green of Phippsburg.

Emilie Green