"If you wonder about your 'roots' you have two parents, four grandparents eight great-grandparents and 16 great-great-grandparents, and by the time you go back 10 generations 300 years or so- you had 1,024 people from whom you are directly descended." --Mady Castro [shared from contributor Richard Jordan]My mother (22133629) was a Carthage, NC native. My father (22133094) was born in Zuni, Virginia. My parents were extraordinary people."Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us everyday...unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed, and very dear."

"If you wonder about your 'roots' you have two parents, four grandparents eight great-grandparents and 16 great-great-grandparents, and by the time you go back 10 generations 300 years or so- you had 1,024 people from whom you are directly descended." --Mady Castro [shared from contributor Richard Jordan]My mother (22133629) was a Carthage, NC native. My father (22133094) was born in Zuni, Virginia. My parents were extraordinary people."Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us everyday...unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still missed, and very dear."