Sally - In 1986 my son married a girl from Quincy IL.
Until that time I thought of anyone from North of Tennessee as a Yankee, and that included Kentucky and Maryland.
I learned quite quickly that midwesterner were not and did not consider themselves Yankeess, they told me that was people from "up east"

The biggest thing that I had to learn was that a Midwesterner "told it like it is" and they mean no harm or disrespect in telling it. The politest way I know how to describe it - is - If you have something hanging out of your nose, A southerner will stare at it but be to embarrassed to mention it to you. A midwesterner will tell you about it, not to embarrass you but as a matter of fact.

I believe we have several Midwesterner on this forum, but I do not know of any Yankees. You can't get more midwest than Missouri and Illinois, but I'm not decided on where the line is drawn. I guess its how you feel in your own mind. What about it Chase, How would you label yourself?