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The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

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Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 210 Send Message	Paul	Report	5 Jun 2003 18:27
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 210 Send Message	This may be nothing but a family myth, but here goes... Looking for the brothers of John Lyons (bn 1825 Glasgow, Scotland) who went out to America before the Civil War (1860-1865). They were engineers and it is likely they stayed in America. The story goes that John Lyons was on a ship in the Mississippi when they were attacked by Germans. John jumped ship and because he would be considered a deserter from the army, he got the first ship back to Britain.

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