Guest guest Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Back in the day, the area of north Georgia, eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina - the southern end of the Appalachian mountains - was like its own little country. Whole clans of Irish, Ulster-Scots, Welsh, etc folks settled into the mountain " hollers " and seldom went farther from home than the next valley... Not so much nowadays, people leave, strangers move in, etc, widens the gene pool! And that guy wouldn't have worked out anyway, if for no other reason than names. His name was , my 2-year-old son's name was , his 3-year old son's name was .... :-D in WY Practical Blackwork Designs http://practicalblackwork.com http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com " You get a wonderful view from the point of no return... " Re: genealogy, . Could not resist this one! Did you find out when you were still with him and what did you do *about being related I mean*. And a question for you all; why do I read so many things about Kentucky being full of 'inbred idjuts'. I think of it as a lovely state with green rolling hills and the Kentucky Derby of course. And what's with Georgia? In Canada, we have out equivalent of rednecks everywhere. Do yours congregate in the same areas? ... hugs, Cait I dated a guy for 2 years before we discovered we were kin - shoulda known, we were both from north Georgia! :-D T in WY Practical Blackwork Designs http://practicalblackwork.com http://practical-blackwork.blogspot.com " You get a wonderful view from the point of no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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