The Keys-Lewis-Keyes family has a storied past with ancestry  connections extending into the 17th century Spain, Italy, Germany, eastern Africa, eastern Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, Jamaica, and Veracruz, Mexico.

     Geneaology data indicates our leneage to these countries are with Fidelise Donato, wife of Frank Key, married in Opelousas, St Landry Parish, Louisiana, January 9, 1869. Fidelise is a granddaughter of Martin Donato, a well respected businessman, land owner, and entrepreneur who lived in Opelousas. Frank and Fidelise had nineteen children all of whom farmed lands in St Landry and adjacent parishes.