I was born in West Virginia but grew up in California since the age of eight. On moms side they came over from Germany in the 1600's and I have ancestors who fought in the Revolution and both sides of the civil war. I have a cousin who spent several years researching mom's side. The Davis's from Logan and Mingo county W VA and are somehow related to the Hatfield's. On pop's side his mother and father came over from Syria CHRISTIANS in 1896 they settled in the Ohio Valley and he went to work for the Railroad. So all my life I thought I was Syrian and German. Then my Younger Sister took a DNA test a few years back and it came back Italian which I guess makes since the Roman Empire ruled the Middle East for I don't know how many centuries, and Scandinavian which I reckon is close to German...Either that or moms was hobbling the milk man...
