Complex sentence: Mary Elizabeth Anania, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Thweatt Anania (1923--2012) and Vincent Anania (1920--2008), grew up in a military family, moving many times and never having a hometown.
Split into simpler sentences: Mary Elizabeth Anania was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Thweatt Anania (1923--2012) and Vincent Anania (1920--2008). She grew up in a military family, moving many times and never having a hometown.