MG Cairns wuxuu ku dhashay dhakhtarka ciidanka, kornayl Douglas Walker Cairns iyo xaaskiisa, Ethel Moore Cairns, Febraayo 14, 1910, Brooklyn, New York. Aabihiis, LTC Cairns wuxuu galay Adeeg Ciidan intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Adduunka, isagoo bilaabay in ka badan 100 sano oo Adeeg Ciidan oo aan kala go 'lahayn oo ka mid ah faraciisa. Dr. Cairns wuxuu la joogay Gen. John J. "Blackjack" Pershing intii lagu jiray safarkii Pancho Villa
ka dibna waxaan aaday Jasiirada Governor ee New York. Bugs Cairns iyo walaalkiis, COL (Ciidanka Cirka iyo Ciidanka Cirka Mareykanka) Douglas Moore Cairns, waxay ka qalin jabiyeen West Point sanadkii 1932 iyo 1933. Cairns waxaa loogu magac daray laba ka mid ah awoowayaashiis, Brigadier General Robert Bogardus, oo mas'uul ka ahaa difaaca New York intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii 1812, iyo adeerkiis weyn, Kornayl Robert Bogardus Snowden, oo ahaa cirifka waranka Longstreet ee Dagaalkii Chickamauga intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Sokeeye. Wuxuu ka soo jeedaa Kabtan Robert Walker, sarkaal ka tirsan Kacaanka Mareykanka, iyo sidoo kale Lieutenant James Frisbie, oo naftiisa ku waayay amarkii John Paul Jones ee Bon Homme Richard ee ku lug lahaanshaha Serapis. Wuxuu ka soo jeedaa Dominie Everardus Bogardus, oo ah wadaadkii ugu horreeyay ee dib-u-habeyn lagu sameeyo Holland ee New Amsterdam oo yimid 1634, iyo Isaac Snowden, oo ka mid ah khasnadaha Koongareeska Continental iyo Hantidhawrka Magaalada Philadelphia.