PO1 Private RallyPoint Member1146488<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I get teased about it as a lot of my tree is from Appalachia, then I tell them they they were FROM LONG ISLAND, way back.in the 17th century. Ha! Of course it was common back then. When your entire village is pretty much a transplant from the village in the "old country", and the next town is a day's travel away, not much chance for a change in the gene pool.Did you ever find 1st cousins marrying when researching your family tree?2015-12-02T23:02:30-05:00PO1 Private RallyPoint Member1146488<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I get teased about it as a lot of my tree is from Appalachia, then I tell them they they were FROM LONG ISLAND, way back.in the 17th century. Ha! Of course it was common back then. When your entire village is pretty much a transplant from the village in the "old country", and the next town is a day's travel away, not much chance for a change in the gene pool.Did you ever find 1st cousins marrying when researching your family tree?2015-12-02T23:02:30-05:002015-12-02T23:02:30-05:00CSM Charles Hayden1146534<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="399913" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/399913-ls-logistics-specialist">PO1 Private RallyPoint Member</a> The cousins I discovered were as a result of my going to Columbus, OH to search for records. The first one was my favorite aunt. The "informant" on her death record drove me to see 2 other cousins, one whom I had no recall of!Response by CSM Charles Hayden made Dec 2 at 2015 11:39 PM2015-12-02T23:39:17-05:002015-12-02T23:39:17-05:00Capt Seid Waddell1146696<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, we had a couple of branches that crossed in Tennessee in the early 1800s.Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Dec 3 at 2015 2:25 AM2015-12-03T02:25:40-05:002015-12-03T02:25:40-05:002015-12-02T23:02:30-05:00