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Both my mother's family and my father's family go back almost a hundred years in the district. I was born in the district, raised in the district, raised my family in the district. And so that's the way I see myself.

— Ann Kirkpatrick

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was born in a house where my family lived for 300 years. I was born in the home where my grandfather was born in.

— Sirio Maccioni

I'll never lose my roots. I think I'm too close to my family for that. I still make my trip back to Nebraska every year, and I still love going back to Texas where I grew up, as well. I've just kind of had to mature a little bit more and get used to a little bit different style of life.

— Andy Roddick

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn't take very good care of himself.

— Clint Eastwood

I stayed close to my family. My family never changed.

— Haywood Nelson

I represented the 4th District of South Carolina... from the election '92 until election '98. And then I was out six years and then came back for another six years between the election 2004 and the election 2010.

— Bob Inglis

My dad lived till he was 78, my mum was in her 80s, and I've got two uncles who are in their 90s now.

— Ron Wood

My ancestors come from a part of southern China where most villages can trace their roots back at least a thousand years or even more. However, as a typical American, I have lived in four cities and moved at least seven times.

— Laurence Yep

My family lives there, so I come back sometimes between shows for a couple days. I get back a couple times a year. When I was 30 to 34 I was weirded out when I came back - you know, how your past gets away from you. It's grown so much.

— Matthew Sweet

✗Opposing Perspectives

I grew up in a broken home, working class. My paternal grandmother raised me and my brother; my father was with us, and my mother lived in Jersey.

— Elizabeth Rodriguez

My family actually moved a lot growing up. I really only lived in one place every five or six years, and then we'd move again. That was just for my dad's work.

— David Lambert