Is any of your relatives a famous/known/notorious person?

Started by Pedrito, October 13, 2015, 02:03:51 PM

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Grey Fox

#46
October 14, 2015, 04:15:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 14, 2015, 03:25:24 PM
Your Aunt-in-law's sister's husband? Close enough I say.

I know I would make sure to attend every family reunion with that branch  :P

Yes, if there ever is one.
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katmai

#47
October 14, 2015, 04:58:52 PM
Nobody in immediate family of notoriety.
Distant cousin on mother side was nfl QB who spent most of career as backup, but Holds record for leading biggest comeback in playoff game in game he started.

Dads side there is former PGA rookie of year and distant cousin is actress Eva Longoria.
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viper37

#48
October 14, 2015, 05:45:46 PM
Ah, yes, apparently, I am related to a guy famous for his Elvis impersonations.  Forgot his name though.  Related through my paternal grandmother's side, son of one of her cousin, I think.  Grey Fox might now of him, he's got some ads on tv and his shows are apparently popular.
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Caliga

#49
October 14, 2015, 07:40:15 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 13, 2015, 09:52:38 PM
Well hell if we are going that far back I descended from Henry VII as well as the Patrick Stewart 'The Bastard of Orkney' the guy who inspired Ramsay Bolton for George RR Martin.
Yeah I don't think it's 'fair' to go that far back.  If so, almost everyone here who has any English ancestry is a direct descendant of the Plantagenets.

I don't think I have any close relatives who are 'famous'.  I am distantly related to a couple of Pennsylvania Dutch notables like Dwight Eisenhower and Milton Hershey.  Princesca is fairly closely related to Jim Beam on one side of her family, and Johnny Cash on the other.
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dps

#50
October 14, 2015, 07:47:20 PM
Quote from: katmai on October 14, 2015, 04:58:52 PM

Distant cousin on mother side was nfl QB who spent most of career as backup, but Holds record for leading biggest comeback in playoff game in game he started.


Frank Reich, correct?

Archy

#51
October 15, 2015, 12:40:34 AM
Did he play well with Deutsch Land?

katmai

#52
October 15, 2015, 12:45:13 AM
Quote from: dps on October 14, 2015, 07:47:20 PM
Quote from: katmai on October 14, 2015, 04:58:52 PM

Distant cousin on mother side was nfl QB who spent most of career as backup, but Holds record for leading biggest comeback in playoff game in game he started.


Frank Reich, correct?
yes sir.
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Maladict

#53
October 15, 2015, 03:34:42 AM
My grandfather once commissioned someone to design a family coat of arms. He traced the family back to the 15th century looking for inspiration but didn't find anyone that ever did anything remotely interesting. The matter was then quietly dropped.

Syt

#54
October 15, 2015, 03:58:24 AM
Quote from: dps on October 14, 2015, 07:47:20 PM
Quote from: katmai on October 14, 2015, 04:58:52 PM

Distant cousin on mother side was nfl QB who spent most of career as backup, but Holds record for leading biggest comeback in playoff game in game he started.


Frank Reich, correct?

:lol: (Frankreich being German for France)
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Queequeg

#55
October 15, 2015, 04:57:42 AM
My maternal great great uncle was the former President of the Mormon Church.
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Martinus

#56
October 15, 2015, 05:31:16 AM
Quote from: dps on October 14, 2015, 07:47:20 PM
Quote from: katmai on October 14, 2015, 04:58:52 PM

Distant cousin on mother side was nfl QB who spent most of career as backup, but Holds record for leading biggest comeback in playoff game in game he started.


Frank Reich, correct?

It would be better if he was related to Wilhelm Reich.

DontSayBanana

#57
October 15, 2015, 07:30:45 AM
Quote from: Caliga on October 14, 2015, 07:40:15 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 13, 2015, 09:52:38 PM
Well hell if we are going that far back I descended from Henry VII as well as the Patrick Stewart 'The Bastard of Orkney' the guy who inspired Ramsay Bolton for George RR Martin.
Yeah I don't think it's 'fair' to go that far back.  If so, almost everyone here who has any English ancestry is a direct descendant of the Plantagenets.

I don't think I have any close relatives who are 'famous'.  I am distantly related to a couple of Pennsylvania Dutch notables like Dwight Eisenhower and Milton Hershey.  Princesca is fairly closely related to Jim Beam on one side of her family, and Johnny Cash on the other.

I just drop the Robert the Bruce thing because it's interesting, and my great-grandmother actually went to Scotland and used the headstones and a ton of primary sources to trace back how we're related.  That family tree is enormous, and knowing my great-grandmother's penchant for history (she was a higher-up in the Pennsylvania Historical Society), that tree is probably a lot less error-prone than other family trees of that size.

JP Morgan is pretty much the butt of family jokes.  He was the uncle (IIRC) of my great-great grandmother, and went complete douchebag and refused to talk to the less wealthy side of the family.
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MadImmortalMan

#58
October 20, 2015, 02:26:01 PM
Oh. The car in this picture belongs to my great grandfather.  :lol:



Yeah, same side of the family as the Jesse James thing. Grandma wouldn't let us talk about either one.

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Malthus

#59
October 20, 2015, 02:34:57 PM
Was he the Imperial Grand Wizard or something of that sort?  :hmm:

[I love those insane sounding KKK titles  :D]
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