Linda please don't encourage the list to believe you "bad experience" is the
norm.  I am DAR.  They have never asked to check my DNA.  Plus it is where I
met most of the wonderful friends I have now.

Faye
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:52 PM
Subject: RE: DAR


Tom and Sharon,
>I can see where you are coming from and I know that wives are very
important,
>but the man's wife is not on the document declaring allegiance to his state
>against the King of England and would not have been allowed to sign it even
>if she wanted to.  Wives were not allowed to have any participation in the
>affairs of men.  The direct bloodline is the direct bloodline any way you
>look at it and it seems that they are trying to block people from joining.
I
>was also told that I would have to attend a luncheon so that the other
ladies
>could "look me over".  Does this have anything to do with a direct
bloodline
>or are we looking for bluebloods.
>If that is the case, I would not be allowed to join as my ancestors were
all
>very poor sharecroppers, but they still served and sometimes died.
>It was just a strange situation for me and I felt very uncomfortable which
>should not have been the case.  I have just chalked it up to a bad
experience.
>Linda
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