Tim McGraw has ties to Kansas City
Recording artist Tim McGraw performs during the Military Appreciation Ceremony prior to the start of THE PLAYERS Championship held at THE PLAYERS Stadium course at TPC Sawgrass on May 5, 2010 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. (Photo by Sam …
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Posted: 02/11/2011
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Country star singer Tim McGraw has family ties to Kansas City.
He was a guest on the NBC show “Who Do You Think You Are?”
McGraw did not really find out who his real father was until he was 18 years old. Since then he’s had questions about his past.
Local Genealogist Kathleen Brandt was called by NBC producers to help track down McGraw’s past.
During the interview his learned his great grandmother and ancestors helped settle in and around Kansas City and Lee’s Summit.
McGraw also learned another ancestor; Isaac Chrisman was in civil government.
“Part of my family was here before, before the Revolution before we were a country,” said McGraw.
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