HI... ALTHOUGH THIS IS IN REPLY TO AN OLD MESSAGE, I HOPE THE INFORMATIION THAT I HAVE WILL ASSIST IN FILLING IN SOME BLANKS. MY DAD IS THE ROLAND JOHN CRISMOND JR THAT ROSPAN IS LOOKING. HIS MOM IS ADA MAE JOHNSON AND HIS FATHER IS ROLAND JOHN CRISMOND SENIOR (ALTHOUGH MY DAD NEVER KNEW HIS FATHER) MY DAD WAS RAISED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, IN VIRGINIA. HIS GRANDMOTHER'S NAME WAS ROSE AGATHA YANCEY JOHNSON. IN FACT, I WAS RECENTLY ASKING MY DAD , WHO WAS ALWAYS KNOWN AS BOB, WHAT HIS MOTHER HAD INTENDED THAT HE BE CALLED WHEN NAMING HIM ROLAND JOHN ???? HE SAID HE WASN'T SURE, BUT THAT DURING HIS ENTIRE CHILDHOOD HE WAS ONLY KNOWN AS BOBBY JOHNSON. IT SEEMS THAT HIS MOM LEFT HIM WITH HER MOTHER AND HIS GRANDMOTHER NAMED HIM WHAT SHE WANTED WHICH WAS BOBBY. I SUPPOSE THAT THE FIRST TIME THAT MY FATHER USED HIS ACTUAL NAME WAS WHEN HE JOINED THE NAVY AT AGE SIXTEEN. ADA, KNOWN AS MAE TO MY DAD, WENT ON TO MARRY AND HAVE A SECOND FAMILY. I HOPE THIS CONVOLUTED EXPLAINATION HAS MADE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF SENSE. WHILE I'M ON A ROLL I'LL GIVE A FEW MORE BITS OF INFO... I HAVE A BROTHER AND A SISTER... I'M THE YOUNGEST....OUR FATHER ROLAND JOHN CRISMOND JR WAS MARRIED TO OUR MOTHER DOROTHY LUCILLE CLARK (HER NAME WAS REALLY MARGARET DOROTHY BUT SHE DIDN'T FIND THIS OUT UNTILL SHE WAS WELL INTO HER FORTIES, WHEN SHE OBTAINED HER BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO TRAVEL OVERSEAS. IT SEEMS THAT MY GRANDFATHER , JOHN CLARK, NAMED MY MOM AFTER HIS MOTHER ON THE SLY. HE WENT TO HIS GRAVE NEVER TELLING MY GRANDMOTHER THAT HE REALLY HAD WON THE BATTLE OVER NAMING MY MOM AFTER HIS MOM. I WILL CONTINUE AS ROOM ALLOWS THANKS KYLE