Complex sentence: Whitinger was born in Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio to Rolia Alfred and Nellie Blanche Whitinger (née Myers) who were of German and Dutch descent, poor farmers, and grew up on a farm outside of Genoa, Ohio.
Split into simpler sentences: Whitinger was born in Genoa, Ottawa County, Ohio to Rolia Alfred and Nellie Blanche Whitinger (née Myers) who were of German and Dutch descent. Whitinger grew up on a farm outside of Genoa, Ohio.