The Clampetts were muslims at heart. And got their money from oil, too.
Hey, dems fightn’ words Eight Generations West Virginia My Great Aunt was the first Female to graduate from John's Hopkins Medical School - 1922 A Brilliant and Formidable Woman
I've seen plenty of poverty Homes lucky to have an outhouse Very Limited educational opportunities People Ignorant, but not stupid
Currently in Oak Ridge, Tennessee Oak Ridge National Lab is World Famous in Energy Research
Dolly Parton came from very meager beginnings Sounds “Country” but is brilliant
Patricia Neal (actress) was a local, but Started the first dedicated NeuroRehab unit(stroke)in the World in “Little Old Scruffy Knoxville”
If "Re-entrant Genetics" occurred, it was because 100 years ago, the average person was born, raised, got married, and died never having traveled greater than 10 miles because of geographic limitations
Locals are quite aware that Flatlanders, hearing the Southern Appalachian Accent, underestimate the speaker's intelligence, and use it to their advantage with "City Folk"
In my experience however, Kissn' Cuzzin's were actually rare