Do you still feel any southern roots in your psyche?
I often wonder about that. I have distant kin like yours who just moved on and ended up on the west coast 100 years ago.
Those of us here still grounded in the south feel it like it’s in our DNA...the specialness of it and the sense of commonality....which is why we bristle as the high and mighty who scorn us...very proud of our disctinctiveness in the American fabric (yes...how Hallmark sounding).
How do those 3-4 generation now removed feel?
just wondering..
That is a good question since I always wanted to be the Confederate when we played “war between the states” as children. My father’s ancestors showed up pretty early in American history, a direct DNA line to a Virginian man in 1646. I spent some time in New Orleans and Mississippi in the 1970’s and felt right at home with the locals - people in the south are so well mannered and friendly they remind me of small town Alaskans (we lived there 25 years).
I guess I always felt a bond with southerners and plan on making an extended trip within a few years.