52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. 2024 - Week #1 theme is Family Lore. When we were growing up in the 1940s and 50s, we didn't know much about our paternal Gt Grandparents. Surnames were mentioned, but not attached to lines. "We are Frosts." "We are Terrys." "Our Griffins are NOT the Virginia Griffins." And another time..."We had ancestors from East Virginia." "Great Grandpa McGill was an orphan. He remembers seeing his mother in her coffin when he was about 5." These phrases were all we had to go on when we started making our family tree. So we started asking questions about those surnames. We found that we had a 2Gt Grandfather Frost. Our Gt Grandmother's maiden name was Terry. Our Griffins way back had come from Connecticut, by way of West Virginia. The East Virginia line was our 2Gt Grandmother Elizabeth M. Rodgers. (A name no one had mentioned.) And yes, Gt Grandpa Daniel Patrick McGill was orphaned and raised by a foster family who changed the direction of our family by educating him and giving his life a new direction. Advice to fellow searchers, listen to those tidbits of Family Lore, then dig a little deeper !