A Family Reunion of 800 Carter Offspring
From Times Wire Reports
Jimmy Carter swapped family tales with 800 of his closest relatives--all descendants of his posse-riding great-great-grandfather Wiley Carter. “I’ve been inundated with stories,” the ex-president said after shaking hands and posing for photographs at the reunion in his hometown of Plains. The gathering commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Wiley Carter. The former president spent the past year tracking down Wiley Carter’s direct descendants.
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