Thanks John. If everone had read the Origins part of the Sinclair/St.Clair page there wouldn't have been any confusion.. I would like to be part of that larger family of St.Clairs that went to Great Britain...but that would take alot of proof...Thanks, Claire
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> From: John S. Quarterman <jsq@mids.org>
> To: sinclair@zilker.net
> Cc: John S. Quarterman <jsq@mids.org>
> Subject: Re: More on St. Clare and the Sinclair/St. Clair Namesake
> Date: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 12:44 PM
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> >I don't think the point was that we are all descended from her or him.
> >I certainly made no assumption as to the family relationship to St.
> >Clare. I simply stated who she was in general terms. I also don't
> >think that because they (Saints Clare and Clarus) were celibate means
> >they absolutely are not related to the family. Many members did not
> >procreate but they are still members of the family. That's the glory of
> >collateral relatives. If your family tree doesn't branch, you've got a
> >real problem.
>
> Saint Claire of Assisi has no connection to the Sinclair family.
> She was female. She is the namesake of the city of Santa Clara, California
> and of Santa Clara County, California, more popularly known as Silicon Valley.
> She is the founder of the Poor Clares, the female monastic order related
> to the Franciscans, as in Saint Francis, the namesake of San Francisco.
>
> Saint Clare of Saint Clair sur l'Epte in Normandy in France
> was male. He is not genetically related to the Sinclair family,
> so far as anyone knows. The family simply took its name from the
> place that had taken its name from Saint Clare. He was not a she.
>
> Thanks,
> John
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