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[Chadstroma]

Who in your bloodline is famous? And how are they a relative to you?

Myself, my great, great, great, great, great Aunt- Florence Nightingale,

 

[Tom Skerritt]

Went to high school with Ray Guy.

 

[snogger]

2nd cousin played for the Rams, Giants and Chiefs from 1981 to 1991

and 4th cousin is Cathrine Bach aka Daisy Duke..

 

[JNox3]

Fat Uncle Jerry Buss - Talked to him on the phone....and texts

 

[NCCommish]

Come from a bunch of regular folks. No famous relatives.

 

[Fat Nick]

My uncle was head of the Federal Highway Administration under Clinton....

 

[General Malaise]

Basketball Hall of Famer

Great great grandfather.

 

[Fat Nick]

Who in your bloodline is famous? And how are they a relative to you?

Myself- Florence Nightingale

You didn't answer your own topic!

 

[Chadstroma]

Who in your bloodline is famous? And how are they a relative to you?

Myself- Florence Nightingale

You didn't answer your own topic!

I know, I just saw that and fixed it. Just before you pointing it out.

 

[mr roboto]

Henry Hudson. Great great etc. uncle.

 

[Joe Summer]

I have a distant cousin who was awarded the Medal Of Honor in the Civil War. He captured a Confederate flag after two other soldiers had been killed trying to do the same thing. I guess the standards weren't as strict back in those days.

I also share common ancestors with Calvin Coolidge, John Adams, and a few other presidents.

 

[NCCommish]

And technically we are all related to famous people. Science.

 

[Juxtatarot]

Charlemagne.

We're cousins!I also got Truman Capote and Phyllis Diller.

 

[NCCommish]

1 in 200 men is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.

 

[Eephus]

My matter was part of the same big bang as Ben Carson's

 

[xulf]

Ike.

Some distant cousin something or other.

 

[Gator Shawn]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:

http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.png

http://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.png

http://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

 

[xulf]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:

http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.png

http://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.png

http://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

LOOK AT ME (wait that's the point of this thread)

 

[Gator Shawn]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:

http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.png

http://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.png

http://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

LOOK AT ME (wait that's the point of this thread)

Yeah, but it doesn't mean much. Full disclosure though, when my Aunt first revealed all this work she had been doing (she spent the first two years of her retirement working on this) I was googling stuff like "If my 45th great grandfather was Holy Roman Emperor, does that entitle me to anything?" Alas, it's worthless except for opportunities like this thread to trot it out.

 

[Eminence]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:

http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.png

http://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.png

http://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

LOOK AT ME (wait that's the point of this thread)

Yeah, but it doesn't mean much. Full disclosure though, when my Aunt first revealed all this work she had been doing (she spent the first two years of her retirement working on this) I was googling stuff like "If my 45th great grandfather was Holy Roman Emperor, does that entitle me to anything?" Alas, it's worthless except for opportunities like this thread to trot it out.

Are you kidding me bro? You're royalty

 

[NCCommish]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:

http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.png

http://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.png

http://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

LOOK AT ME (wait that's the point of this thread)

Yeah, but it doesn't mean much. Full disclosure though, when my Aunt first revealed all this work she had been doing (she spent the first two years of her retirement working on this) I was googling stuff like "If my 45th great grandfather was Holy Roman Emperor, does that entitle me to anything?" Alas, it's worthless except for opportunities like this thread to trot it out.

Are you kidding me bro? You're royalty

That and 5 bucks will get you a small coffee.

 

[Gator Shawn]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:

http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.png

http://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.png

http://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

LOOK AT ME (wait that's the point of this thread)

Yeah, but it doesn't mean much. Full disclosure though, when my Aunt first revealed all this work she had been doing (she spent the first two years of her retirement working on this) I was googling stuff like "If my 45th great grandfather was Holy Roman Emperor, does that entitle me to anything?" Alas, it's worthless except for opportunities like this thread to trot it out.

Are you kidding me bro? You're royalty

That and 5 bucks will get you a small coffee.

Precisely.

 

[Stoneys]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:

http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.png

http://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.png

http://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

LOOK AT ME (wait that's the point of this thread)

Yeah, but it doesn't mean much. Full disclosure though, when my Aunt first revealed all this work she had been doing (she spent the first two years of her retirement working on this) I was googling stuff like "If my 45th great grandfather was Holy Roman Emperor, does that entitle me to anything?" Alas, it's worthless except for opportunities like this thread to trot it out.

Hey we are related. Well by marriage. You are some number of distant cousin to my wife.

 

[bigbottom]

William Wallace.

Wallace didn't have any direct descendants, but I'm a direct descendant of Wallace's cousin who fought with him in several battles including the Battle of Falkirk. My middle name is the Scottish clan in question and there is a published Clan history book that traces Wallace all the way to my great grandfather.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh

A lot of those Ancestry.com links are very suspect once you go back before the 1700s.

 

[NCCommish]

Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh

A lot of those Ancestry.com links are very suspect once you go back before the 1700s.

One of the reasons I kind of believed the Ancestry my aunt had done is because it didn't find anyone special. Some moderately successful merchants, some farmers, and a few soldiers. No royalty, no historical figures just regular folks.

 

[Hov34]

Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh

A lot of those Ancestry.com links are very suspect once you go back before the 1700s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHomroJC55M

 

[Gator Shawn]

Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh

A lot of those Ancestry.com links are very suspect once you go back before the 1700s.

So I probably shouldn't hire a Herald to announce me and all my famous relations when I enter rooms?

 

[Limp Ditka]

Im allegedly one of Englebert Humperdinck's many illegitimate love children.

 

[Righetti]

My uncle is a moderate right wing politician in holland.

A moderate right wing politician in holland basically puts him even with Bernie Sanders

 

[comfortably numb]

Do you guys remember cousin Larry from Perfect strangers?

I'm not related to him in any way.

 

[ragincajun]

According to the family historian.

http://baseballhall.org/hof/cobb-ty

I also have an Uncle that pitched for the Mets and a Cousin that pitched for USCe.

 

[Zow]

Darth helmet and lone star.

 

[Hov34]

Adam

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh

A lot of those Ancestry.com links are very suspect once you go back before the 1700s.

So I probably shouldn't hire a Herald to announce me and all my famous relations when I enter rooms?

No, you shouldn't

 

[skol asylum]

Peasant stock here.

 

[ffldrew]

Everyone with roots in Europe is related to Charlemagne.

One day in the future they will be saying the same about Shawn Kemp

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Everyone with roots in Europe is related to Charlemagne.

One day in the future they will be saying the same about Shawn Kemp

Or GM

 

[Mister CIA]

Never dug into the details but somewhere in my early childhood I heard someone say that I was descended from a French Prince who was beheaded.

That and soccer hooligans.

 

[regularguy]

Charlemagne.

Kid C?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Never dug into the details but somewhere in my early childhood I heard someone say that I was descended from a French Prince who was beheaded.

Iiiiiin West Versailles

born and raised...

 

[xulf]

Never dug into the details but somewhere in my early childhood I heard someone say that I was descended from a French Prince who was beheaded.

That and soccer hooligans.

French Prince of Bel-Air?Eta - opm beat me to it

 

[Cjw_55106]

My second cousin is pretty well known throughout the MN prison system.

 

[Cjw_55106]

Went to high school with Ray Guy.

Fail.

 

[bentley]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:

http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.png

http://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.png

http://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.png

http://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

Which artist?

My family ancestry is terrible. I'm the most famous person of the last several generations and I'm only mildly important in a city that isn't all that big.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I actually have a ridiculous bloodline under Ancestry.com. If you have one European King in your bloodline, you end up with links back to almost every important person back to the Roman Empire.

A few notables:http://i.imgur.com/2G1oXMR.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/VUqOmya.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/6Ti2kjh.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/hvAZkCF.png

But seeing how that doesn't amount to a whole lot of value, my cousin is a fairly successful Country artist in Austin, TX.

Which artist?

My family ancestry is terrible. I'm the most famous person of the last several generations and I'm only mildly important in a city that isn't all that big.

Don't sell yourself short. You're very mildly important in your city.

 

[Pumpnick]

lindsey lohan

 

[chet]

Rudyard Kipling wrote a book called Kim that was based on one of my great uncles.

 

[Zow]

Since my joke failed, here's my real answer: Steve "Woz" Wozniak.

ETA: The relationship is incredibly distant. My great grandfather had 18 kids or brothers and sisters or some such. My dad did connect with Steve and confirm though after exchanging a couple of e-mails.

 

[belljr]

Allegedly Alexander Graham