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Smith, Jones, and Brown are three of the top five most common surnames in America. If you have these names in your family tree, maybe you can relate to this poem found in American Genealogist magazine:
Source: American Genealogist magazine, Vol 15 Issue 3 p192 [Link]
For those in my family, none of my known ancestors bore the name Jones, but several were Smiths and Browns, shown in the list below. Notice, 9 of the 11 were female, and I've only identified the fathers of two of them, and no further. Why? Because these names are very confusing to research! If anyone can help, please do!