I am almost positive that there are no direct descendants of Samuel
Clemens. Clara had one daughter, Nina, who married for a short period of
time and had no children.
Barbara Taylor
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>[log in to unmask] on 04/06/99 11:23:00 AM
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>Please respond to Mark Twain Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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>cc: (bcc: JANETTE D MEHL/AHS/AISD)
>Subject: Question for Yankee fans
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>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.
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>Barb