Opinion Column: Traveling to touch our family’s Scottish roots in Edinburgh

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One of my goals for the United Kingdom trip was for our grandchildren to visit the graves of some of our “Nasmyth” ancestors in Scotland. Standing with me, from left, are Stella NeSmith, 9; Hayes Wilson, 16; Smith Wilson, 10; Fenn NeSmith, 12; William NeSmith, 14; Henry Wilson, 14; Bayard NeSmith, 11; and Wyatt Wilson, 19. Several Nasmyths are buried in Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Kirkyard cemetery. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

“Where are you from?” “Jesup.”

“Where’s that?”

“Southeast Georgia, 40 miles from the coast.”

That usually satisfies folks. Some will say, “Oh, yeah. Do you know so and so?” Indeed, I wa…