Her great grandfather, George Canning, was Prime Minster of England, so you might expect Normandy Park resident Dora Bell Canning to be quite highbrow and run with the elite.
Ah, but the other side of the family comes from Cades Cove, a colony of primitives in the hills of Tennessee, of which you'll find a huge spread in the July 1962 issue of National Geographic.
"Dodie." as she was nicknamed, is a delightful combination of both her ancestors. She has the brilliant, creative mind and artistic flair of a royal artist, yet there's nothing pretentious about this little gal - especially when she shares her childhood adventures with that delightful Oklahoma twang.
"Both sides of my family did the Oklahoma Land Rush. My grandfather borrowed a horse and practiced going across the river to find the best crossing points. The government had it set up that after you staked your land claim, you'd start up a fire to signify that the land was no longer available.
"My grandfather sat up all night with his gun, so that no one could take it from him." Dodie had heard those stories directly from her grandfather. She was born, in 1924, on that land.