The Collins family, currently in Texas, came to the America's during
colonial times and stretches back to County Antrim, Ireland then to
Banffshire, Scotland in the 1600s, connecting them to the Kings and
Queens of Scotland, England and back to France and the Merovingian and
Capetian Dynasties. Joseph Collins' mother's (Barbara Weaver) line also
came during colonial times and had immigrated from Yorkshire, England
stopping first in Chester Co., Pennsylvania. Joseph Collins IV's
(himself a nuclear scientist) family showed a remarkable loyalty to
their new-found country and fought in every war that took place; from
the Revolution and Indian Wars to the Viet Nam War in the 1970s. They
were soldiers, farmers, business men and scientists; as well as teachers
and preachers. Several of Joseph Collins' line can be traced back to
Rollo, the son Ragnar of Norway who married a Princess of France.