My Wife was an Illinois Girl but she became a true Southerner real fast. If I try & rib her about her being born a Yankee, she'll tell me real quick she wasn't ever a Yankee, she was from Southern Illinois.

She, in fact, worked long & hard to dig up a Confederate that would allow her membership in the UDC (United Daughters of the Confederacy). She finally found one as she can get in the UDC through Uncles & such, does not have to be a direct descendant.

Miller/TN
I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra