On Tue, 6 Apr 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote:

> Has NY Yankee baseball player Paul O'Neill ever given any interviews
> in which he's explained his claim to be a direct descendant of
> Mark Twain?   I occasionally find his baseball cards and other
> memorabilia for sale with the printed claim that Paul and his sister
> (who is a writer for the New York Times) are direct descendants.
>
> Barb
>
I haven't ever heard him explain, but given the biological facts as I know
them, the only plausible explanation is that he is descended from one of
the mediums claimed to channel the spirit of Mark Twain.  Either that,
or Tom Sawyer had children.

                                Gregg