Diamondback
I'll Lock Up
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EDIT: First, let me note I'm American first, ethnic Texas rattlesnake second, all else only after that.
I've been doing some digging myself, and found English, German and possibly Irish roots. Possibly some French *cough*, if family lore is correct about my paternal grandmother (the Texan) being descended from a famous Kentucky/Tennessee rifleman of Alamo fame... (She always liked to try to play the socialite, but was a very no-BS person, so I'm inclined to give her benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise...)
Unfortunately, it's rather difficult since I'm completely estranged from the entire paternal side of my lineage, and virtually so from most of my maternal relatives. (I actually get along better with the cousins and great-aunts/uncles when I go back to visit 'em in Indiana than the ones who live out here near me!)
Lucky thing I'm the research specialist, and they want answers as much as I do, otherwise it wouldn't be happening at all!
I've been doing some digging myself, and found English, German and possibly Irish roots. Possibly some French *cough*, if family lore is correct about my paternal grandmother (the Texan) being descended from a famous Kentucky/Tennessee rifleman of Alamo fame... (She always liked to try to play the socialite, but was a very no-BS person, so I'm inclined to give her benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise...)
Unfortunately, it's rather difficult since I'm completely estranged from the entire paternal side of my lineage, and virtually so from most of my maternal relatives. (I actually get along better with the cousins and great-aunts/uncles when I go back to visit 'em in Indiana than the ones who live out here near me!)
Lucky thing I'm the research specialist, and they want answers as much as I do, otherwise it wouldn't be happening at all!