Ethan your grandfather Acie Douglas Grooms was the brother of my Mother, Sarah Florence Grooms McRae, and another older brother was William Adville Grooms and the other brothers were Ebb Luther Grooms and John Kemp Grooms and another sister, Aggie Jane Grooms. Your Dad is my first cousin. I don't know about the other information that you received from Hasan Grooms but I know that the Grooms came from Marlboro County area. Grandfather Ebenezer B. Grooms was born in Clio, according to his death certificate.