My whole family is from Appalachian parts of NC, and even though I consider myself a "city person" (born and raised in Charlotte) - the traits from the article

My whole family is from Appalachian parts of NC, and even though I consider myself a "city person" (born and raised in Charlotte) - the traits from the article do match up pretty well with my personal big 5 traits. The agreeableness thing is interesting, because that's one of those traits where I've always heard there is a pretty significant difference on average between men and women (with women tending to score higher). Anecdotally, I think this could be the factor to explain a family trend, that I'm told is not uncommon in the region. The women in my family tend to do really well for themselves by going after non-traditionally female career paths and doing well - despite super modest backgrounds. My great-grandma went from working at a mill to building and running a modest mobile home park, great-aunt got a scholarship and became a doctor way back in 60s, my mom got a full scholarship and moved out of the mountains to start her own own business in a male-dominated field. Meanwhile the male side includes - a hobo, taxi-driver, mining/odd jobs, and another close family member who has been on the run from the law for dealing drugs for many years now.