Your story really turned out to be a great trip all around. About 20 years ago my parents wanted to go back to Clay Co. Brazil where my Dad's father and grandfather and great grandfather grew up. I had been researching for 15 years at that time so I wasn't really looking for anything. The trip for Dad was rather depressing as the bike shop on National Ave that my grandpa had was gone, the womens shop on National that his sister had was gone, even the home of his great grandfather had a funeral home on the property. He did get to visit his 2nd cousin which was very nice. Now there is no one in Brazil, everyone has passed away, but so has my mom and dad. I always enjoyed going down there even though I never lived there. It always felt like home. Barb