cherrybim- wow – thanks for all that info. really really interesting! as far as where our relatives went to school, i don’t know. next time i speak with them i can ask. (we only speak maybe once or twice a year) when we lived in ny, we would see them more often cuz most of the fam lived there and they used to come in to visit everyone. now we’re more spread apart and the older generation is unfortunately dying out so…… that’s how it goes. they did come to the midwest for our son’s bar mitzvah a few yrs ago. they’re very family oriented – like most southerners prob – and make every effort to go to simchas.
have a good Yom Tov!