Our ancestors are more than just names in a tree—they’re the roots that hold us up. Their choices shaped the lives we live today, including something as simple and as profound as where we were born. It’s a little wild to think about: the reason I was born in America is because someone—several someones—made the life-changing decision to leave everything behind and start over here. Just as my decisions shaped where my children were born, their decisions shaped me.

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I wanted to take a deep dive into my family roots that run through this historic southern soil.

When I began my journey of discovering my family history over two decades ago, I didn't know how building a family tree on Ancestry is more