scottheisel Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 This was inspired by Oakland mentioning that he's related to this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erskine_Childers Anyone else have any lineage to historically notable people? I'm not sure exactly how many generations back it is, but I know I'm related to one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, John Hart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hart (I think it's something like great great great great great great uncle.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mygreatdevastator Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 uncanny resemblance. I have no idea if I am related to someone of significance from the past, so that probably means my great grand parents trucked over from Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burdenx Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 My 13 times great grandmother was Pocahontas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 this guy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 this guy was my great to the 8th power grandfather: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Weiser there's a school district named after him and a buncha other stuff. apparently my dad signed me up for the conrad weiser historical society when i was little, cuz i keep getting newsletters from them. also related to sir isaac newton in some bizarre way (or so my mom tells me). my mom's cousin was an olympic rower. he would have gone to another olympic games, but it was the year the US boycotted. oddly enough, i saw him on a commercial during the olympics one year. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/william-belden-1.html he's the last one profiled in this article: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93343705 none of them are super famous, but oh well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankmurphy Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 this guy was my great to the 8th power grandfather:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Weiser there's a school district named after him and a buncha other stuff. apparently my dad signed me up for the conrad weiser historical society when i was little, cuz i keep getting newsletters from them. Weird... I graduated from Conrad Weiser. I did terrible things in that place that your great to the 8th power grandfather would have been ashamed of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldsnap Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Captain Joseph Bernier. he is the grandfather of my great-grandmother. http://explorenorth.com/library/weekly/aa102000a.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbanargyle Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Tony Amonte on my mom's side....not by blood though. *edit* Sorry, I missed the "historical figure" part. But it's a sweet pic so I'm keeping it! Jimmy Carter distantly on my dad's side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentgods Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Stevie Ray Vaughn distantly on my Dads side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fourfourtwo Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I have a friend who's related to John Wilkes Booth. As for me, no one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Great-great-great[...]great-nephew of Isaac Newton, supposedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartcat Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Related to this dude on my dads side: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Lewis_Maitland_(Rear_Admiral) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclz Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Anyone a member of Ancestry.com? I've always wanted to sign up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devinr Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 My uncle played in the NHL in the 70s. He also had one of the greatest hockey hair/mustache combos in recent history. Not historically relevant but seriously look at that mustache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 My grandfather is sort of half-assed looking up our ancestry. I know that my family was Prussian royalty but peaced out of there around the Franco-Prussian war and left it all behind. The only Irish ancestor I have was one of like.. 5 or 6 Irish people on the Mayflower. Other than that, I got nothing. [Edit] My grandfather told me the Mayflower ancestor was Irish, but Francis Cooke is a family name through many generations up until about 60 years ago, so I'm fairly certain that's who we're begotten from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 This guy: and his son, this guy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar71888 Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 my mom did our genealogy thing about a year ago. traced us back to Cleopatra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 No one on my mom's side and my dad's dad was adopted and has no records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisisahiijack Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 historically, as in, way back in the day - no clue. my great grandparents were scotch-irish immigrants. but in recent history, my great uncle is: steve cropper aka guitarist of the blues brothers aka guitarist of booker t and the mg's aka author & co-author of many classic r&b songs ("sittin' on the dock of the bay") aka HE ALMOST WORKED IN STUDIO WITH LENNON AND MCCARTNEY i've only met him once, when i was like 12. he was nice. i met billy preston the same night. he was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 my dad's dad was adopted and has no records. So I guess he can't post a tradelist, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted July 30, 2010 Author Share Posted July 30, 2010 Anyone a member of Ancestry.com?I've always wanted to sign up. My sister signed up for it a few months ago and learned that our dad was married for about 6 months before he met our mom. That was an awkward conversation over 4th of July weekend, but I guess it could've been worse -- he could've still been married to her. So yeah, be careful if you sign up, you might unearth a family secret or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmythescumbag Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 my dad's dad was adopted and has no records. So I guess he can't post a tradelist, then? Zing! That's neat that someone is related to Cropper. I love the all Stax stuff he was part of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 badump-bump! Funny fact: my cousin played Sam Cooke in the made-for -TV-movie about Little Richard. And yes, he's black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steventangent Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 And yes, he's black. Well, that's a relief... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imaxcowboyx Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 My girlfriend's uncle is Brian Dennehy, aka the cop who just couldn't stop fucking with Rambo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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