Family reunions are the time to reunite with family members you haven't seen in a long while, and to meet distant cousins you might have never known existed.
Sometimes, because of busy lives, adoptions, or the nomadic nature of people, families are separated - for a year, or a decade, or more. Or fights among siblings or generations divide a family. And so...
My greatgrandfather, my grandfather, my father and I were born in Harlan County, Kentucky. We all grew up in Dizney, Kentucky. My surnames are Cloud, Presley, Hall, Brewer, Hale, Shoemaker, Middleton.