I too descend from southern families and was also born in what was Indian Territory (OK) & is now a part of the south. Some of the older members of my family always said the South will arise again. This has not happened in over a 100 years and will not happen, We are one Nation and United We Stand. In my 40 years of research I have found that I also have northers ancestors. I am from some of the first families that came to the New World and also some of the Native American families. It does not matter where are parents or grandparents were born or even where we were born we are all American. The Civil War was one of the most horrible wars in our history, brother against brother, father against son, there were some terrible things that happened from the Northern Army and some terrible things that happened from the Southern Army, but this is normal for any war. Study what our founding fathers went through to make us the nation that we are. Do we hate England? no, she is our Mother Country. We should not hate the North or the South for what happened so many years ago. Kay