- Volume 3 Number 1
- Winter 1986
- American Ethnicity
- Ancient Skinner Lines
- Myrtle S. Bohme Lineage
- Clan MacGregor
- Cook Co., IL Census
- Cook Co., IL Wills
- Thelma C. (Browning) Dalberg Lineage
- Dead Briton - KGB
- Debrett Update
- Elephant two-step
- Guild of One Name Studies
- History of Eugene, Oregon (Chapter 1)
- Letter From the Editor
- Medical Quirks
- miscSKlNNERlaneous
- New Jersey Settlers
- New Jersey Update
- Off Broadway
- Passages
- Queries
- Resources
- Skinner-Hope Family Record
- Jane Skinner Obituary
- John Skinner of Hoodbridge
- Josiah Skinner Will
- Robert Skinner Line
- William Skinner Lineage
- Skinner Places
- Skinner Variants
- Skinner's a hit
- Vision Quest
- Worshipful Company of Skinners
- Winter 1986
Thanks to William Weiler for transcription of this article.
In a letter that I recently received from John B. Skinner, III of Orono, ME, he mentioned that he had an artificial hip. I immediately jumped on the possibility that bad hips are a trait of the Thomas of Malden line. Reason for this being that my mother also has an artificial hip, I had surgery as a teen for a defective hip, and one of my nieces wore a brace after birth for dislocated hips. I also know that 2 of my mother's uncles had hip problems, one committing suicide possibly as a result of his infirmary and the other using crutches until he died at an advanced age. That makes 4 Skinner generations of bad hips.
My question: How many Thomas of Maiden descendants out there are aware of hip problems? If you know of any, let me know so that we can get together a genetic trait chart.
My available information is limited as my brother is the only one of my mother's children with children. Also, my mother's two sisters did not have children. Further, there is no contact with my mother's cousins.
However, John B., III's situation has given rise to the possibility that there may be some genetic link to this bad-hip business. Of course, it may be a flash in the pan, but, if you have or know of any hip problems, send in the info. It may turn into something really interesting.