

What's this all about?
As a McCoy, I have been asked many times in my life about my famous surname – and about the Hatfields. While I understood the connotations of the phrase “Hatfield-McCoy,” like most people, I knew little about the actual history of the feud. I was 35 years old before I knew that I was related to the “feudin” clan. Until 1999, I had never met a Hatfield. Beginning in 1997, my desire to learn more about my family history allowed me to take part in events I never could have imagi