I think it does--all Chessies are related back to the 2 Newfie pups that were on the ship from Newfoundland that sunk in the Chesapeake Bay in the 1800's (Canton and Sailor) and were then bred to the "Eastern Shore Duck Dogs" that were hybrids of whatever dogs had been bred to each other by the market gunners back then. We supposedly have Irish Water Spaniel, Labrador and Newfie in there, plus whatever else.

Do you still have the parents' names and I can research and see. I THINK there is a Chocolate Chip in one of my dogs' pedigrees. It would be fun to find out!!