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    XMTS Reunites Long Lost Cousins

    I just received this E-mail in my professional inbox:

    Hello,

    My name is William xxxxxxx and I live here in Anchorage, AK. I am working on a family tree for me and my extended family. While searching for names on the internet and as well as family documents, I came across my Great-grandmother, Nathalia Dementieff (nee Clark).

    I searched her name online and to my surprise I found a post by you to a website xmarksthescot.com. In it you state that Nathalia Clark Dementieff was your great-grandmother.

    I am so curious to know who you are. By someway we must be of relation since Nathalia was in fact of Irish, Russian and Yupik decent. I also looked into the xmarksthescot site and came across a picture of you. You bear a striking resemblance to my grandmother, Beninga "Mollie" Dahl (nee Dementieff).

    I hope you do not mind I e-mailing you and I look forward to any response you have to this e-mail.

    Regards,
    William


    It was very exciting to hear from a long lost relative. I hope he has some more family information for me. Who would have thought that putting your info. on XMTS would be a tool for others to find you? O'Neille
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    That is very cool O'Neille! Who would have thought this would occur from just being part of this little cyber community.
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    Wow, that is facinating. Let us know more when you find out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by O'Neille View Post
    Who would have thought that putting your info. on XMTS would be a tool for others to find you?
    Uh-oh! What about those of us who don't WANT to be found? ;)

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    That's pretty cool

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    Whoa! That is cool!
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    That's the sort of story I love to hear. When researching my mother's surname, Mewhort, which was originally Dutch, I kept getting hits to athletics results of a young lady athlete from Hawaii of that surname. I made further enquiries and eventually made contact and it turns out her father is related to me.
    Its really great to hear, O'Neille, that other people are now hitting on x-marks and making contact in this way.

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    That is just awsome I'll have to post some of mine later and see what happens

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    THAT is just way cool

    My clan does DNA testing. Dirka & I are thinking about that. Anytone we find through my moms side is hers too.
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    What the others said - that is so COOL!

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