When I first made the connection back to Samuel Bent, I did a "pedigree chart" and distributed it to all my aunts and uncles. It had my name and address on it. My uncle in San Jose gave a copy to a cousin, who passed it on. One day in February a few years ago I answered the phone to "You don't know me, but I think we are related." Susan (Bent) Russell is my second cousin, but her grandfather went to the States in the early 1900's and we lost contact. She had obtained a copy of the pedigree chart and recognized the connection. She was coming to Nova Scotia and wanted to be reaquainted with the family. The funny part of the story is that her husbands family was very strong in their family history, but try as they might they could find no connection to the famed Charles Marion Russell, who painted indian pictures in the 1800's. Charles Russell's grandmother was a Bent, so Susan's son is the only Russell in the family to be connected to the painter, beacuse his mother is a Bent.