People you're related to who did notable things

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:54 am

My ancestor(500 years ago) saved the nephew of the Polish king from
Moscow. For this deed he was granted nobility.

I have my own family seal!

b.k. barunt · Post by **b.k. barunt** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:29 pm

So does the Stache.

glide · Post by **glide** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:39 pm

Well, I guess this is where I brag about my son the actor: he's been in lots of movies and tv shows.......and looks exactly like I did before I was rode hard and put away wet. You may have seen him.....check his link:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648153/

jnd94 · Post by **jnd94** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:41 pm

he looks just like you! but then again, he is your son.....

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:42 pm

My GGGGGGG Grandfather was a 2nd cousin of Bullroarer Took.

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:49 pm

The guy who invented golf?

GreecePwns · Post by **GreecePwns** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:49 pm

My 4th cousin played on the Greek national football team for the Eurocup and plays professionally in Greece (Panathinaikos). If you don't beleive me, search Dimitrios Papadopoulos on Wikipedia. (must be Greek with kind of name).

luns101 · Post by **luns101** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:52 pm

I am a descendant of Ulysses S. Grant. One of our country's best generals and worst presidents all rolled into one.

Tommy Hobbes · Post by **Tommy Hobbes** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:15 pm

I'm surprised there's been no Biblical stuff. Some people can go all the way back to mary magdalene and Judah and the rest. Has to do with name tracery. I can do it too. Last name is Longino. Some people get to be related to John the Baptist or even Pontius Pilate. Me? Cassius Longinus. The Roman Centurion who stabbed Christ on the cross. Damn. My parents are nerds, my father won the E. O. Wilson award... Thazzit.

nmhunate · Post by **nmhunate** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:25 pm

My paternal Grand-father's family were some of the first white settlers in the Oregon country. My grandfather told a story about how his aunt or great aunt was the first lady sheriff in all of Oregon. My Maternal Grand-father's mother's maiden name was Cox, which I am told is a major family in Virginia. Rumor has it that she was the granddaughter of Robert E. Lee... I am not too sure the truth of that story. Though my grandfather talk about how his parents owned slaves.

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:27 pm

Tommy Hobbes wrote:I'm surprised there's been no Biblical stuff. Some people can go all the way back to mary magdalene and Judah and the rest. Has to do with name tracery. I can do it too. Last name is Longino. Some people get to be related to John the Baptist or even Pontius Pilate. Me? Cassius Longinus. The Roman Centurion who stabbed Christ on the cross. Damn. My parents are nerds, my father won the E. O. Wilson award... Thazzit.

Really? Because I don't think they ever mentioned that guy's name...

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:16 pm

pancakemix wrote:The guy who invented golf?

Duh.

luns101 · Post by **luns101** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:11 pm

Tommy Hobbes wrote:I'm surprised there's been no Biblical stuff. Some people can go all the way back to mary magdalene and Judah and the rest. Has to do with name tracery. I can do it too. Last name is Longino. Some people get to be related to John the Baptist or even Pontius Pilate. Me? Cassius Longinus. The Roman Centurion who stabbed Christ on the cross. Damn. My parents are nerds, my father won the E. O. Wilson award... Thazzit.

Very nice. I'm going to tell Barry Sadler.

CrazyAnglican · Post by **CrazyAnglican** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:19 pm

My grandmother made lunch for Albert Einstein once. That's about it for us

Anarchist · Post by **Anarchist** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:30 pm

dont know the names

A Colonel in the Civil war(pennsylvania)
1st divers(dutch)
Uncle was a Chief Admiral in the dutch navy

Family name is Moor, possibly from the Moors who conquered Spain,
Its possible since Spain controled the Netherlands for quite some time.

Obviously we are all old blood, but i have some reason to believe we originate from India. Ofcourse thats thousands of years ago.

b.k. barunt · Post by **b.k. barunt** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:06 am

My ggggggggggggggggggggrandmother ate an apple that this snake gave her, and my mother says that's why we have things like the republican party and Jimmy Swaggart.

morph · Post by **morph** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:08 am

chewyman wrote:Well my paternal great grandparents escaped persecution in Eastern Europe (they were Jews) because of their business. They owned a lingerie store that supplied Hitler's mistress. She warned my great grandparents to flee Germany, which they did.

My great aunt was one of the world's first supermodels. Her face is on the box of every packet of 'Redheads' matches in Australia.

i dated a girl with the last name Brawn, on her fathers side they are related to ava brawn or whatever her name was who was hilters wife or whatever.. she also was the greatest person to sleep with too, great in the sack...

iAnonymous · Post by **iAnonymous** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:09 am

A 3rd degree (I think) cousin of mine that was a member of the council of an important city in the state of Rio de Janeiro...
Was arrested for active corruption. ;/
And El Cid Campeador is my greeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaat father.

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:51 am

iAnonymous wrote: And El Cid Campeador is my greeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaat father.

Lolz.

Don Quixote is mine.

FightTheRight · Post by **FightTheRight** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:24 pm

I'm a great-great-great-great grandson of the illegitimate son of the King of Denmark. Probably not even in the line of succession to the throne, though.

DirtyDishSoap · Post by **DirtyDishSoap** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:27 pm

My Uncle played for the NFL
San Fransisco 49ers when they were actually good, (the mid and late 80's)

vtmarik · Post by **vtmarik** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:22 pm

Somewhere, deep in the bowels of my family tree, I am related to Wyatt Earp.

Let's see, I have a great(x2, maybe x3) grandfather who was a Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.

My Uncle works at Kennedy Space Center.

My mom once met Jimi Hendrix at a concert.

That's all that springs to mind.

happy2seeyou · Post by **happy2seeyou** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:28 pm

My husband is related to "Billy the Kid".

Balsiefen · Post by **Balsiefen** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:49 pm

I'm related to sir Oliver Lodge who invented the radio (although Marcony stole it before it was patented)

also Robert the Bruce (on my fathers side) and William Wallace (on my mothers side)

and some carrabean pirate who made a fortune for elizabath I and himself by "redirecting" spanish tresure ships towards england

jnd94 · Post by **jnd94** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:22 pm

vtmarik wrote:Somewhere, deep in the bowels of my family tree, I am related to Wyatt Earp.

Let's see, I have a great(x2, maybe x3) grandfather who was a Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.

My Uncle works at Kennedy Space Center.

My mom once met Jimi Hendrix at a concert.

That's all that springs to mind.

ah shes SOOOOOOO lucky!

People you're related to who did notable things

My heritage

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