Madame,
There is an old saying among us Ramapoughs. "YOu can always recognize your people by sight". I have found that to be very true. I have traveled all over the country and have meet quite a few of our people that didn't even know that they were "us". Go back to your starting point and ask questions. Look around for a while. I am sure that you will see similarties in others that you see in yourself.
Michael