My second cousin twice removed Levi from Nebraska decided to have our surname tattooed on his back. His grandmother Orpha Walker told him, "You can't deny that name now."
Building on the work of others and my own, I can trace my surname back eight generations, all confirmed with y-DNA. I have found heroes and pariahs. I have found the good and the bad. I have found the practical and the principled. I have found presidents and felons. But most of all I have found just average people doing the best they can, most not looking to make a place in history for themselves.
What's in a name? What's in your name? What you make of it.
Copyright © 2015 by Kevin W. Walker
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