CARTER FAMILY TREE: THE SHADY SIDE EX-PRESIDENT, DIGGING AROUND HIS GEORGIA ROOTS, IS TURNING UP SOME DIRT

From: The Boston Globe | Date: January 27, 1998| Author: Associated Press | Copyright information

ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter wants to know more about the descendants of his posse-riding, gun-toting great-great-grandfather.

"I'm doing this with more than a bit of trepidation," Carter said. "Sometimes it's good not to know too much about your own family."

Jokes aside, Carter is serious about bringing together the hundreds of direct descendants of his great-great-grandfather Wiley Carter. A reunion is planned in May in his hometown of Plains. His search has produce...

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