John,
I sent the Karkos family photo to 3 friends at the HS and have heard back from two of them. Neither one recognized anyone, BUT Charlie Hall, who’s an Ancestryaholic (not sure if that’s a word, but it is NOW), and we’ve been exchanging emails the last two days. I mentioned that you’ve asked me if there’s a connection to my Purinton family and Puringtons in your family tree. I’m pretty sure there’s a connection, but it’s difficult for me to figure out. With your permission, I’d like to give him your email address, and you can ask him directly. I shared my Purinton family tree with him a couple of years ago, and he knows it well. He figured out that he and I are related through the Goddards, not blood but marriage.
If anyone can figure it out, he will.
Beth