Cousins marrying cousins

Gedmatch.com is a website where you can upload your raw DNA data from other websites and analyze it in fun and interesting ways. Thanks to Gedmatch.com I know conclusively that my parents are not cousins. However, this might have been a more meaningful conclusion had it not predicted the color of my eyes as puce. They are more of a greenish puce. My mother’s family… More →

Wrap it up, Mr. Reynolds

Elisha B. Reynolds, born October 10, 1836, served three terms in the Indiana House of Representatives. He was an adamant supporter of prohibition and was much sought after as a speaker. In fact, when the citizens of Kanas approved its prohibition amendment in 1880, Kansas Governor John St. John reportedly gave much of the credit to Elisha. Kansas remained a “dry” state… More →