Friends; first, thanks for this, & thanks mainly to you David. 2nd: I'm a little surprised there has been no response to David's conclusions, here on the Twain Forum, which do appear definitive. Then again, maybe it's not that surprising that nobody has responded, I suppose, given the constraints of civil behavior. (One might wonder about the currency of civility, given our odd presidential campaign season so far). 3rd: It was a fun ride while it lasted, laced with ironies; & quite a tale, in any event. 'nuff said ... -hb On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > [The following email was written by David Carkeet. I am posting it on his > behalf. -TR] > > --- > > Most Forum members are aware of Susan Bailey=E2=80=99s book THE TWAIN > SHALL= > MEET > (co-authored by Deborah Gosselin), which sets forth the theory that Susan > is Samuel Clemens=E2=80=99s great-granddaughter. As many of you know, I > hav= > e been > researching this claim and the support cited for it, both documentary and > genetic. I have finished the study, and unfortunately my conclusion is that > Susan was mistaken in her belief. I have written up my findings, and the > report has just been posted on twainquotes.com. > > http://www.twainquotes.com/Carkeet/AncestryReport.html > > The report is written for the general reader unfamiliar with the subject, > so it is both an introduction to the story and a consideration of the > evidence. In the course of my work, I had massive help from many Twainians, > almost all of them named in the report at one point or another, but a > special thanks goes to Barb Schmidt for her steady and insightful > assistance throughout. > > Thanks too to these collections for permission to publish previously > unpublished photos and documents: Burton Historical Collection, Detroit > Public Library; Kevin Mac Donnell, Mac Donnell Rare Books, Austin, Texas; > L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Brigham Young University; Mark Twain > House and Museum, Hartford; Mark Twain Project, Bancroft Library, > University of California, Berkeley. > > If you have questions about the report, I will be happy to answer them. > > --David Carkeet [log in to unmask] > -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>