Ancestry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hopkins_(politician)

This is just an article about a signer of the Declaration of Independence. My grandmother tells me that our family is descended from him. My grandmother is very old, and it may not be true, but at the same time, I finally feel good about it, having read about him. I'm not sure why it took so long, because I was told this a long time ago. He actually did some pretty good things. I looked it up because some friends at work had visited the National Archives and saw the documents, but were commenting on their slave ownership, and I was curious about my own ancestor. I'm glad I was, because it made me feel a good bit better. It's actually something to be proud of.