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Patriotic
Genes
By Tina Berryman
SunCity Texas resident Bill Boyce has patriotismrooteddeep in his bones, goingback to our founding fathers (his ancestors).
Bill has spent years creating a hand-
drawn family tree; the above clip is only
a fraction of the large family history.
