Several years ago I was given genealogy info a cousin had completed about 20 years ago....before computers! Supposedly we are related to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independance. His name was Thomas Stone from Maryland. He was an attorney, a farmer, and a "gentleman" meaning he had some money. My maiden is Stone, and my grandfather's name was Thomas Stone. But my grandfather was a poor farmer in western Kentucky. I've researched this connection, but one son of Thomas Stone's from MD has no heirs. I question the validity of my cousin's tracing. On my Mother's side we go back to county Kilkenny, and came through Ellis Island in the late 1800s. I'm third generation Irish American.
I have had my DNA tested and come from the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.
I want to work on it more but am very busy with quilting, embroidery, and grandchildren.