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Hi again, Just a note of clarification - we have referred to Henry Mair as Jean's (Gina's) "ancestor". While that is true in a general sense, more specifically he was her great grandfather. His father was Gilbert Mair who founded the historic Mair dynasty in NZ prior to 1840. Gilbert Snr. was an entrepreneur who, among other things, operated a Pacific Island trading concern which Henry and another brother Gilbert Jnr. continued. Ironically the Mairs would no doubt have been competition for Jim's great grandfather A.B. Donald who had also established an island trading concern in the late 1800's!! Another of Henry's brothers was Robert who was a farmer and donated what is now known as Mair Park to the City of Whangarei. So, there you have it - another of the many strands of our respective DNA's!!