My DNA cousin Benjamin Franklin

 I've been wondering how Benjamin Franklin and I are kin ever since my DNA was done a few years ago and today with the new app that ancestry calls "We're Related" ,  I found out. 

I am over joyed to know the how of it. 

It is through my paternal Peacock/ Pearson line and we are 5th cousins 7 x removed.... 

Call me tickled!!! 

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I have known for sometime through my DNA but I did not know how,  until today.. This is the lineage.. Benjamin Franklin  5th cousin 7 x removed through the Peacock/Pearson lines

Gloria Peacock Kimmel

Elmore Lee Peacock

Lucious LeeRoy Peacock

James Hardy Peacock 

Levi Peacock Jr

Jemima Pearson.. Mother of Levi Jr

Jonathan Pearson

Peter Pearson

Christopher Pearson

Elizabeth Wilson ... Mother of Christopher Pearson

Peter Wilson

Anne Sherman.. Mother of Peter Wilson

Susan Renee Lawrence.. Mother of Anne Sherman

John Lawrence... common Ancestor of myself and Benjamin Franklin.. John Lawrence is my 12th great Grandfather and he is Benjamin Franklin's 5th Great Grandfather. I already had him in my tree. I just did not realize that this was the connection I was seeking.. So thankful to know how..

A Trip to Fairplay SC and The Bear

 Nov 5th, 2020

Hi dear friends, we are on a 3 day trek to Alabama from Northern Virginia and tonight we stopped in Fairplay, SC. How gorgeous it is here and what a great find in this beautiful part of our country. 

Jenny was making us a campfire so we could sit and watch the sunset and this fella  was in the basket of wood left behind. It was there to be put in the fire but when Jenny saw it and showed it to me, we knew this was never going to make the woodpile. 

I love the bear and wish I had Patrice Mayberry's skill to make him into a standing bear. Since I don't,  he will be my mascot and now will travel everywhere we go. 

I hope that everyone is doing alright. I know times seem uncertain right now but be reassured that tomorrow the light will come. We will wake up, take a few deep breaths and do what Americans have been doing for generations, say thanks for a brand new day full of possibilities.. 

I love you all and pray that the rest of your day is blessed. Deep breathe and relax. We got this.  Always, kimmee