This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VJIBAEB/28005.1 Message Board Post: Ernest had 33 Aunts and Uncles. "Shorty" seem to be a common nick name for some of the Uncles. Rumor has it that most of the family disowned Ernest after he joined the service. It is also said that most of the family is still around Morgantown, WV as well as Smithville, WV and Smithfield, PA.