Oh, you made me laugh with this. I moved to NC a short time ago, from Ohio, but I grew up in central NY. One day at church someone commented about my Mom in NY and one of the ladies looked at another and said, "She's a yankee!?". I guess it's OK but I had a moment I wondered what would happen. When we were house searching the realtor told us to say we were from Ohio until people got to know us. But, I know I was born to live in the south, it just took me a while to get here!