Carlene Carter Quotes

For a while, I thought a lot about lineage. Where do I belong? Who am I standing next to?

I really appreciate the British part of my family.

I know my father and my mother, but beyond that I cannot go. My ancestry is blurred.

I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.

As you get older, you get more... genealogical.

Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that?

I'm very proud of my heritage and the blood that runs through my veins. I take a lot of strength from that.

Greek blood courses through me.

It's good to know where you come from. It makes you what you are today. It's DNA, it's in your blood.

A lot of my material was based on my family.

Everybody's got family, or they don't have family, but they come from somewhere.

Your soul is a dark forest. But the trees are of a particular species, they are genealogical trees.

All of my relatives on both sides of my family are from Allentown.

My family in St. Louis brings me to my roots.

I was researching my family tree, and I was deeply hoping I was going to turn out to be Eastern European, but I'm not.

I am proud of my family.

Kunta Kinte's strength derives from the knowledge of where he comes from, but it struck me that I don't know where I come from. I understand that my last name is Kirby, that I was born in London, third-generation Jamaican, and at some point along the line, that name was changed. I didn't know my history past my grandparents.

I'm a guy who was born in Cincinnati and whose entire family except for my mother still lives in Cincinnati - my grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, you name it.

I have English blood running through my veins!

My mom's side of the family is from Arkansas!

Mum and I were delighted to find out we were descended from 'bog-trotters.'

My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.

Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent.

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.

You want to try to find your heritage.