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Subject: Re: Mary Stewart's ??brother
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 09:45:14 EDT

In a message dated 4/30/99 9:10:50 PM GMT Daylight Time,
writes:

<< Here's a thought...did Mary's brother James have children? I concur that a
direct line of descent can be traced through female lines but not of course
with the Stuart/Stewart name. Queen Elizabeth is a direct descendent of Mary
through the House of Hanover.
>>

I hate to tell you but the throne of Scotland at this time was inherited by
primogeniture and, thus, if Mary had had a brother she would not have been
queen ...even more so if the said brother had had children! She did not have
a brother. She inherited the throne from her father.
Irene

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