Hello, my name is Trenton West and I’m currently a student at the University of Mary Washington (UMW). I was born on September 17, 2001, in Manassas, Virgina. My parents were young when I was born so my sister and I spent most of our childhood in Fairfax, Virginia at our grandmother’s house. I graduated from Osbourn High School in Manasses, Virginia and began pursuing my general studies associates degree at Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA). I soon decided that I wanted to major in engineering. I looked into UMW because my family was about to move to Stafford County, Virgina, but UMW doesn’t have an engineering program. I decided to transfer to George Mason University. After a couple semesters I decided that engineering wasn’t for me, so I switched my major to business administration and looked back into UMW. After graduating from NOVA with my general studies associates degree, I transferred to UMW and began pursuing my business degree.
I currently work with my father doing landscaping, our company is called “DTW Lawn service”. I’ve been working with him for 6 years now. I also work with my uncle when he needs me. I am the oldest of 4. I am 23, my sister is 20, my brother is 8, and my youngest sister is 6. Some of my hobbies are sports, anime/manga, and video games. Some of the sports I’ve done are football, basketball, baseball, boxing, soccer, and I currently box and do Muay Thai. Muay Thai is a combat sport, also known as “the art of eight limbs,” which originated in Thailand. It is similar to traditional kickboxing, but in Muay Thai you can use your fists, legs, elbows, knees, and clinch. In kickboxing you can only punch or kick. My favorite anime is one piece at the moment and my favorite video game series of all time is God of War. I also love animals; I like to visit zoos with my family and see all the different animals.
The reason why I picked this topic for my website is because the advancement of DNA technology has helped my family in many ways. My mom discovered that she had a half-brother through Ancestry. com. After the results were confirmed, we flew to Texas to meet him and his family and had a great time. We met all of our new cousins. My grandfather met his other new grandchildren and even learned that he was a great grandfather. We had a great time with them. Amy Baker, one of the victims in these two cold cases that were recently solved was my cousin on my mom’s side. I never met Amy because she was murdered before I was born, but I would hear my mother talk about her to our older family members from time to time. She couldn’t believe it when she saw the news that he had been caught.
