My great-great-great-grandfather fought for the confederates in the american civil war, along with his older sons and brothers. They were poor farmers in the Appalacian mountains.
My grandfather on my mother's side was a celestial navigator for bomber pilots during the war, and then he became a lawyer from the GI bill. He was the head of the Bar Association (the association of lawyers in the US).
My grandfather on my dad's side was a para in the 101st.
And my uncle was a chauffer for an air force general
