so, how far does the family go back here? >> ann savoy: marc, here's the question -- how far does your family go back here? >> marc: well, i think back to the american revolution because the land that we live on was ceded to one of our ancestors. and part of that land is still in our family today. >> anthony: how the french acadian pioneers got here, and ended up becoming cajun is a long story. forcibly deported by the protestant british from their homeland in nova scotia, the acadians became refugees. eventually settling deep in the mosquito-infested swamps and flatlands of louisiana. a place nobody else wanted at the time. over the years, the settlers absorbed, to varying degrees, other cultures -- irish, spanish, german, native american, and west african among others. mutating into a distinctive culture unlike any other. so how long has the family been playing music? >> marc: well, my grandfather was a fiddler, but i don't know