Famous ancestors?

[Goldie]

So my other thread asking about what type of work you guys and gals do seems to have gone well. So I thought I would ask another.

Again, if there is an existing thread, I couldn't find it, so please feel free to shut this down if so.

So who are you related to that is famous, infamous, well known, etc.

I'll give this a go.

My Great Great Grandfather, Great Great Grandmother, and Great Grandfather we're all passengers abourd the Titanic whilst she was making her trip across the pond.

Encyclopedia-titanica.org lists them as 3rd class passengers, but I have always heard they were actually in steerage which is worse than 3rd class.

My Great Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather both made it off the Titanic and onto the Carpathia. So I guess I would consider myself part of the really freaking lucky gene pool.

If anyone is interested, here's a link http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/frankie-goldsmith.html

So who are you folks related to?

[SinPena!]

My cousin is the lead singer of Expose! Jeanette Jurado..................

My Great Grandfather is an East Los Angeles Pioneer. He founded Barreras Meat Company!

[RazzBarlow]

My 4th Cousin (twice removed) is Francis Ouimet. Winner of the US Open in 1913. His golf exploits were documented in the Disney movie "The Greatest Game Ever Played" It's considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports.

I do not share his golf talent.

[CasaDooley]

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. On my mothers side. I've never met him, but have meet with some of my cousins from England who have.:banger

[G G]

Well I am just a common commoner then, I am not aware of any famous ancestors in my family.

[hotreds]

You guys know that iconic statute of the Minuteman? Also serves as the emblem for the National Guard? Well, that is an actual person, my GGGGGGrandfather, Capt. John Parker of the Minutemen.

Also had an ancestor come across on the Mayflower.

Also had a bunch of horse thieves and bandits.

Ah, genealogy- dontcha just love it!

[tobii3]

Dunno about ancestors, but I was a roadguard at the Red Sea Crossing..:D

[massphatness]

I'm somehow related to Kevin Bacon

[Starscream]

I'm somehow distantly related to Homer Van Meter, the guy who ran around with John Dillinger (see Public Enemies).

[papichulo]

I am a direct sibling descendant of Pope Celestine V of 1494 (Italy).

[mithrilG60]

My 4 or 5 times great-grandfather (can never figure out which) is David Ricardo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ricardo), father of the modern classical political economy. In addition to his economic theory's and influences he also owned Gatcombe Manor in Gloucestershire which is now the country estate of Anne, Princess Royal.

[kgraybill]

I was told I am related to Jerry Mathers "The Beav" and Sir Henry Morton Stanley " Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

[M1903A1]

I'm very distantly related to Rob Roy MacGregor, the famed Scottish outlaw.

[CBI_2]

Related to Jean Lafitte the pirate/privateer. I never got all the details before my grand-father died as to how.

[Tenor CS]

Spanish explorer and conquistador Hernando de Soto.

[MajorCaptSilly]

I'm somehow distantly related to Homer Van Meter, the guy who ran around with John Dillinger (see Public Enemies).

My grandpa's brother apparently hung out with Dillinger as well!

MCS

[MajorCaptSilly]

Herbert Hoover.


Yep


MCS

[Goldie]

I'm somehow related to Kevin Bacon

Aren't we all somehow related to Kevin Bacon?

[Biglizard1]

Well, wife's dad is a first Generation immigrant from Scotland and has direct lineage to William Wallace. Our son, by chance ended up being named Liam Wallace Blair so his name is actually from famous ancestry.

[CigarGuy88]

I'm somehow related to Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States...I'm pretty sure he's my great great whatever uncle or something

[VirtualSmitty]

My Great Uncle John played over a decade in the MLB for the Whitesox, Indians, and Cards. Not really that famous, but that's all I know of.

[icehog3]

I am rumored to have ties to the Massengill clan.

[floydpink]

Leonard Bernstein, although I can't even keep a tune on a kazoo.
He was a Masshole by birth.

[CasaDooley]

I am rumored to have ties to the Massengill clan.

Hey Tom, did ya learn that checking your gynecology at andouchery.com?:r

[icehog3]

Hey Tom, did ya learn that checking your gynecology at andouchery.com?:r

I tried that, but I just came up with vinegar and water, Kevin. ;)

[CasaDooley]

I tried that, but I just came up with vinegar and water, Kevin. ;)

:r

[mosesbotbol]

Adam Horowitz from Beastie Boys is related by marriage.

The two body building twins from "Flamingo Kid" along with every movie that has juiced out identical twins, are my cousins too.

[mosesbotbol]

My cousin is the lead singer of Expose! Jeanette Jurado..................

Boy did I want her to take me to the point of no return, lol! I saw them perform a couple of times back in the day. They were so hot! Great act!

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/c3f532cc37652895e4f12da869fa3aee/106676.jpg

[ade06]

A gggggrandfather was George Washington's drummerboy.

[CigarNut]

As far as I know I am not related to or descended from any one famous, remotely famous or of any importance :)

[BlackDog]

On my mothers side I am related to Anna Strong, who was one of the Culper Ring (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culper_Ring) spies for George Washington during the American Revolution.

[kenstogie]

Also had an ancestor come across on the Mayflower.


No one famous but was told that some or our ancestors came over on the Mayflower, huh small world eh?

[nater]

On my fathers side, Daniel Boon

[Scottw]

Snoop Dogg. Kidding. I'm whiter than the inside of an apple.

[hotreds]

Aren't we all somehow related to Kevin Bacon?

Actually, bacon, Kevin!

[NCRadioMan]

The closest to fame in my family is my Uncle Frank Buchanan. He was one of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys from '60-'63.

[G G]

I am rumored to have ties to the Massengill clan.
The douchers?

[icehog3]

The douchers?

No, the Dukes and Duchesses of Ireland.

[G G]

No, the Dukes and Duchesses of Ireland.
:r

[icehog3]

:r

I'll be here all za veek.

[G G]

Free douche for life.

[Lucky_Hippo]

On my Father's side we're related to some guy who founded a famouse Chicago newspaper.

My wife's family is related to the the fife player in the famous painting of the drummer, american flag carrier, and fife player that you see everywhere around the forth of July.

[McSmokey]

My Wife is either 2nd or 3rd Cousin to Nancy Stafford [played Michelle Thomas, Matlocks Law Partner]

[JackSchwartz]

So my other thread asking about what type of work you guys and gals do seems to have gone well. So I thought I would ask another.

Again, if there is an existing thread, I couldn't find it, so please feel free to shut this down if so.

So who are you related to that is famous, infamous, well known, etc.

I'll give this a go.

My Great Great Grandfather, Great Great Grandmother, and Great Grandfather we're all passengers abourd the Titanic whilst she was making her trip across the pond.

Encyclopedia-titanica.org lists them as 3rd class passengers, but I have always heard they were actually in steerage which is worse than 3rd class.

My Great Great Grandmother and Great Grandfather both made it off the Titanic and onto the Carpathia. So I guess I would consider myself part of the really freaking lucky gene pool.

If anyone is interested, here's a link http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/frankie-goldsmith.html

So who are you folks related to?

Well I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it now but my Great Great Grandfather was actually the ice berg that sank the Titanic.


I'm not absolutely positive about it but I've heard that I'm related to Claude Provost, a hockey player for the Montreal Canadians from the mid-50's to the early 70's.

[chachee52]

My great + a bunch (used to know, now I forget how many) grandmother is Mrs. Bixby. Who? you may ask? It's a famous letter from Lincoln that was used as the basis of the movie "Saving Private Ryan". She is the one in the Civil War that lost all but one of her sons during the war and Lincoln hand wrote her a letter basically saying that she shouldn't of had to lose all of her sons. In the movie, this is the reason that they went and saved Private Ryan so that Mrs Ryan didn't have to have the same fait.

[Blueface]

Boy did I want her to take me to the point of no return, lol! I saw them perform a couple of times back in the day. They were so hot! Great act!

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/c3f532cc37652895e4f12da869fa3aee/106676.jpg

+1
I think I am still at the "point of no return".:r

[Blueface]

No one in my ancestry ever did a darn thing that I can think of to make them famous other than practice for an event never to ever have been seen in the Olympics after all (90 mile rafting).:r

[Goldie]

Well I'm a bit embarrassed to admit it now but my Great Great Grandfather was actually the ice berg that sank the Titanic.


I'm not absolutely positive about it but I've heard that I'm related to Claude Provost, a hockey player for the Montreal Canadians from the mid-50's to the early 70's.

Well played sir!!

[Emjaysmash]

I have two ancestors who were in the Confederate army. One was 75 years old when he joined, so he really didn't do anything, but one of the cousins was reported to be in the Savannah Artillery. As the story goes, he was captured as a POW and resided in a northern holding facility until he was pardoned by President Abe Lincoln just 3 days before the President's assassination.

[sikk50]

My cousin (through several marages) is Scott Fujita line backer for the Saints.

One of my (insert random number of greats) grandfather was Dr. Mudd, fixed John Wilcks Booth (Sp?) leg after his fall off the balcony.

And randomly found out today that one of my (again insert random amount of greats) grandmas was hung during the Salem witch trials. I don't think I'm a wizzard though :(

[Emjaysmash]

My cousin (through several marages) is Scott Fujita line backer for the Saints.

One of my (insert random number of greats) grandfather was Dr. Mudd, fixed John Wilcks Booth (Sp?) leg after his fall off the balcony.

And randomly found out today that one of my (again insert random amount of greats) grandmas was hung during the Salem witch trials. I don't think I'm a wizzard though :(

So shall we call you Gandalf, or Harry Potter? :pi

[mosesbotbol]

No one in my ancestry ever did a darn thing that I can think of to make them famous other than practice for an event never to ever have been seen in the Olympics after all (90 mile rafting).:r

If you complete it you get more than a gold medal too.

[kugie]

I am rumored to have ties to the Massengill clan.

I met that Clan on a Summers Eve

[Resipsa]

I'm related to the Romans. They ruled the world for about two thousand years.

[pnoon]

I am a direct descendant of Lord Poon of Flatulence. :pn

[Emjaysmash]

I am a direct descendant of Lord Poon of Flatulence. :pn

Fixed that for ya, Lord Poon!

[pnoon]

Fixed that for ya, Lord Poon!

:tu

[Kreth]

Well, there's my "great to the nth power" grandma. But much like I doubt any of you will brag about your great-great-uncle Abner the horse thief, we don't talk much about Eve due to "the Garden incident."


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[icehog3]

I met that Clan on a Summers Eve

:r :banger

[cbsmokin]

My wife frequently states that I resemble an a**hole. Does that count for something?

[NCRadioMan]

I forgot that I am related to Frankie Silver by way of Marriage to Charlie. The last woman to be hanged in NC. She supposedly chopped up her husband Charlie with an ax after years of abuse. (that's the story the family has passed down) http://www.visitburkecounty.com/frankiesilver.htm

[mmblz]

Halley

[gettysburgfreak]

Some guy on my dads side was a famous Sicilian Mobster in NYC during the 1950s. We have a book about the mob and he is mentioned. Also my mom's aunts husband is the uncle of Nascar driver Rusty Wallace.

[kugie]

My mothers Cousin, Barry Clifford he found the Wydah Pirate Ship

[RGD.]

My wife frequently states that I resemble an a**hole. Does that count for something?


No s**t. We must be related then since my wife tells me that I am one. Small world huh.



:ss


Ron

[gvarsity]

I'm very distant cousins with Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson.

[icehog3]

I am the bastard son of Eddie Murphy and Rocky Patel.

[Resipsa]

I'm just a bastard. Someday a hundred years from now the same question will b asked and my descendant will say "I'm related to Vic the Bastard"

[hotreds]

I am the bastard son of Eddie Murphy and Rocky Patel.
As long as Kaizad Hansotia isn't in the mix I guess you're ok!

[NCRadioMan]

"Vic the Bastard"
http://www.peachstateposse.com/forum/images/smiles/SmileyBowing.gif Royalty!

[Starscream]

I am the bastard son of Eddie Murphy and Rocky Patel.
Gumby?

[kgoings]

On my Mothers side David "Davy" Crockett and my cousin John Russell, John played in MLB for the Philly's and Rangers, he was the catcher that caught Nolan Ryans 6th No Hitter in 1990 when Nolan Ryan at the age of forty-three years, four months, and twelve days became the oldest pitcher in major league history to throw a no-hitter. He broke his record the following year with a 7th No Hitter (my cousin didnt catch that one)

[Mr.Erskine]

I am a direct descendant of the Heidel throne of Heidelberg Germany.

[Tio Gato]

I'm related to Francis Ouimet, winner of the 1913 US Open, and Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island.