Are you descended from the Romani.
Tell us your story. Have a listen to this interesting interview. Australia's Romani Gypsies

Because of a "Mary Ann Jackson" mentioned in my tree, I received this email last week and unfortunately I could not help 'sylviaeichler' -- The wrong Mary Ann.

[I am mystified by my great-grandmother, Margaret Jane Smith. Her death certificate says that her mother was Mary Ann Jackson, and father Joseph Smith. I can't find records for that match.
My Gran, Winifred McNeall, wrote on a piece of paper for me in about 1978, in front of me, that her grandmother was born at Parramatta.
Somehow the computer has led me to you.
Do you have any Romany ancestors?
My gran Winifred had dark skin, small feet, deformed hammer (overlapping ) toes, cramps, falls, skinny ankles(possible CMT). She was born in Maitland, and the Hunter Valley has the highest incidence in Aus of a rare nerve genetic disease called Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome. My sis and I have tingling and numbness in feet and hands. My sis is planning to go to Concord hospital to get tested for CMT.
Do you have anyone in family with CMT symptoms?
I noticed that one of my dna match ladies had a Barnes in her tree, so I wonder if my Mary Ann Jackson became a Barnes?]

NOTE:
This was the part of my tree which attracted the email
Elizabeth Eather 1825-1884
A Mary Anne JACKSON mentioned here as Rutter's girlfriend.