Ancestry detective

I don't know a whole lot about my paternal grandparents history. I didn't even know them until I was 10 years old. My grandpa died when I was 12 and grandma when I was 18. I visited them (then just her) for a couple of weeks each summer for about 4 or 5 years. I know my grandpa came from Scotland with his parents when he was 4 and he lived the rest of his life in the same place. Until a few days ago I didn't even for sure know my grandma's maiden name. I knew her sister's first name and she lived in Minnesota. I found my grandma's maiden name (finally my grandparents marriage license showed up as a hint) and that opened up a whole bunch more info and family history to me.

My grandma and her family is from Minnesota. That led me to wonder how in the world my grandparents even met, because the little I know about my grandpa he's the type that probably never ventured more than 50 miles from his home town his whole life, LOL. They lived 2 states apart. I discovered my grandma's mother's maiden name: McPhee. That sounded like a name I had heard mentioned by my grandma. I did some more searching and found some McPhee's in my grandparents small town. I connected the dots and my grandma's Uncle, Aunt and cousins McPhee all lived where my grandpa lived his whole life. I am guessing that as a young lady my grandma must have went to visit or stay with her uncle and aunt and then met my grandpa.

I also recall, during my summer visits, when on Saturday's we'd go into town (they lived on a ranch 30 miles from town) for groceries, Saturday mass, etc. and we'd always stop in and visit a lady, named Mary, who I thought grandma had said was a cousin. We'd sit at her kitchen table and visit and she always had a plate of the best homemade sugar cookies I have ever tasted. Sure enough, Mary's maiden name is McPhee. So, I think I maybe solved the question of how my grandparents met. At least that's my theory.