My wife is from Portage, PA., which is 15 or 20 minutes from Altoona.
After I married her, I discovered I was related to nearly the entire little boro of Martindale by marriage. It may be the entire town. I got tired of hearing how I was related to various people. I am not kidding... an entire town related to itself. I sometimes wonder if Cathy was sent out to bring in fresh blood for their weird little enclave.
A little way outside of town is a family of men that gives a horse shelter indoors for the winter. The thing is, the indoor shelter is in their living room.
Sadly, I am not kidding about any of the above.
I've never seen anything like this in West Virginia. I pointed that out to my inlaws the first time they tried making jokes about my background. They don't do that anymore