This branch follows Eddie through me to my biological father, Jack Grubbs, and then backward through the direct Grubbs ancestry. I never had the opportunity to know my father personally, but he was real, his life mattered, and because of him I am here.
This branch follows Eddie through his mother, Rio, to her biological father and the Mazo family of the Philippines. Rio did not have the opportunity to know her father, making this one of the most difficult branches to research, but we will continue searching for the names and history that belong to this part of Eddie's ancestry.
This branch follows Eddie through me, my mother Crystal, and her biological father, Allan Ray Tindell. I did have the opportunity to meet my grandfather and learn something about him, and the records that remain allow this biological maternal line to be traced farther backward.
This branch follows Eddie through his mother, Rio, to her mother and the Lirio family of the Philippines. This is the family that raised Rio and taught her what family means. Her Lola and Lolo, grandmother and grandfather, and her Titas and Titos, aunts and uncles, remain a strong part of who she is.
This branch follows Eddie through me, my mother, my grandmother Helen, and her father, Francis Conway. Of my biological branches, this line is closely connected to the family and roots I knew while growing up through my uncles, cousins, and the Conway relationships around them.
This branch follows Eddie through me, my mother, my grandmother Helen, and Helen's mother, Pearl Pinkston. The aunts, cousins, and extended relationships connected to this family formed lasting ties and remain an important part of how I understand my family.
This honor branch follows Eddie through me to my mother Crystal, her mother Helen, and Helen's second husband, Edward Sisson. On paper Edward was my step-grandfather. In my life he was my dad. He raised me, gave me his name, and that name now continues through my son.
