genealogy 3

I've found through deep reading a few more details about the genealogy. I had two burning questions: What was up with Euphelia & Orpha appearing on there three times? And who exactly were the brothers who allegedly stole the pig, got run out of Scotland, and came to Pennsylvania by way of Ireland?

To start with Euphelia, I originally thought that parts of the genealogy were repeated; they were. But it was because her parents were cousins. And, her dad's parents were also cousins, first cousins. At first I thought they were brother and sister and they were our Robert's, but no, they are in another branch of the family, not our ancestors, and no brother-sister incest involved that I can see. Just two first-cousin marriages.

Late tonight I found a bizarre #2 in the middle of the genealogy which implied that Robert and his brother (3s) had cousins in Pennsylvania when they arrived, if indeed they were the two who stole the pig. That answered my other question. Euphelia and Orpha were on the side of the family with Robert's uncle, who apparently were already there in Pennsylvania. On that side it was quite extensive, but people were clearly marrying their cousins. Not all residents of Wallace Run were Robert's descendants. And his older brother went on to Ohio. Robert joined the army at the age of 15/16, fought in the War of 1812, and came back, marrying a New Castle girl and having ten kids in the valley with all his cousins and their descendants. That's what I'm figuring at the moment.

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