My interest in the Henson family originates in my family tree. My 3rd great grandfather was Richard "Dick" Henson who lived in North Carolina. Richard married a Cherokee woman and had a large family. The family is well documented, so I wont write about that here, my interest was confirming Richards paternal line as being European, and building genetic branches using BigY700. It was rumored that Richard was part Cherokee, and may still be, but I wanted to be sure. I set out by finding a cousin that I could be absolutely sure was related through this line. I found a Henson woman with a strong DNA connection to all my families kits that I manage on ancestry. There was no doubt the DNA and the paper trail was in line with the Henson family being our connection. She then directed me to her brother in Oklahoma who was more than happy to help me. So we sent him a 37 marker Y-DNA kit, (kit#952204) and awaited the results. When my cousins kit reported, it was clear this paternal lin