I am a "Bean" my Father was from Kent and we are all over Australia !! some of his family went to America and some to Canada , I have some info here if you are interested, there were / are many Beans in Kent ,( we recently visited rellies in Kent) I do believe they are all distantly connected but the trick is getting the correct connection as they all used the same names !! I would be happy to hear from anyone who may be able to help me put togetrher this family jigsaw !!Delma in Australia