Re: sinclair-digest V2 #500

[Paula A Shield <shieldtracer@juno.com>]

Thank You.....My sister and I have been searching our family for over 30
years....Our 4th Great Grandmother was a SINCLAIR....she named a
grandaughter Clara...after her line...my sister is Claire..and my
granddaughter is Claire....this gives us a great hertiage...We are proud
to be part Sinclair....
On Mon, 21 May 2001 11:31:14 +0100 Niven Sinclair <niven@niven.co.uk>
writes:
>At 10:05 21/05/01 +0200, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>in my mind, and also per definition, in the Sinclair Global Database 
>a
>>living Sinclair is anyone alive with or without the surname Sinclair 
>but
>>with a Sinclair line somewhere (five years ago, fifty years ago, two
>>hundred years ago.....)
>>
>>Lena
>>manager of the Sinclair Genealogical Database.
>
>Those people of Sinclair ancestry who, because of the custom of 
>adopting 
>the name
>of the father,  no longer carry the name of Sinclair are generally 
>referred 
>to as para-genetic
>Sinclairs and have invariably shown themselves to be every bit as 
>proud of 
>their ancestry
>as their "Sinclair" cousins.
>
>"A rose by any other name.........................."
>
>We welcome them all.  The Clan would be a poorer place without them.  
>There 
>is a rich
>diversity here united by common ancestry and uncommon talent.
>
>Niven
>
>
>
>>RBranshaw@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> > How does one define a "Living Sinclair?"  Does that only include 
>those
>> > whose
>> > current last name is "Sinclair" or St. Clair?"  How about the
>> > descendents of
>> > those Sinclairs who happened to be female...and therefore adopted
>> > their
>> > husbands last name?
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