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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:33 PM Original message |
Name the most famous and/or interesting person on your family tree...I'll start... |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, my most famous historical relative would be |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
60. hey..although thats not in MY personal family tree |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
2. Chuck Conners |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yeah Chuck Connors... |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. I had a crush on him |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Related to Sid Hatfield of Matewan fame... |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Very far back in the roots of my family tree... |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
6. Great Grandpa Antonio |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. ooo - he is cute |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. His nickname was Blue Beard |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. oops - |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Well, after you outlive three wives, |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. maybe he just |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. On my dads side |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sgt. York is most famous, I guess. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. No One Famous... |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Wow... |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
12. John Alden and Pricilla Mullens |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Benedict Arnold |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Good one... |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Through my Grandmother |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
14. George Effing WASHINGTON! |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yeah me too...Washington had royal lineage... |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. he was a beast |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. Buffalo Bill |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. My great-grandfather in Luxembourg... |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. Joseph Smith, THE Joseph Smith |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
58. Lucy Mack is a relative of mine too |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. He wasn't famous |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. well thank goodness for his blister |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
23. On my father's side - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yeah if you hook into English Royalty... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Not me! |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Here's a thought... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Nope! Not gonna happen. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 09:13 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Hey, there ya go! |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. My 4x great-grandfather was Bright W. Hargrove, who signed the order of secession |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. My great, great, (not sure how many greats) Grandfather |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Not this Cornelius... |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. I might have to check it out |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Hey |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
29. My mother is third cousins with Charles Lindbergh... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. Deleted message |
fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
32. Susan Seaforth Hayes of "Days of Our Lives" |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:55 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. My mother loved Susan Seaforth Hayes... |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. I've been e-mailing with her husband Bill... |
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greatauntoftriplets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. That is great. |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:38 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Another cousin in NY... |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
34. My great, great, great, great, great........great,great, Grandfather was |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
59. some of us have Neanderthal blood n/t |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
36. My Grandfathers family |
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YankeyMCC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. My Dad was one of the Sonar men on the USS Maddox |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
39. as far as i know i'm the most infamous |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
49. my mother's side -- Rosa Parks |
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QMPMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
52. Another Robert the Bruce descendant here. Also, Heloise of |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. This came up on a different thread earlier today, but I'm distantly related to this guy: |
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trackfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-31-07 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
54. My wife's g-g-g-grandfather gave up his bed to Lincoln and slept |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
55. Actors Dana Andrews and Steve Forrest |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
56. This is kind of a stretch, but my |
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BlueStateGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
57. Robert Frost, Charles Carroll. And my boot legging, hard drinking |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:01 AM Response to Original message |
61. Elvis Presley, Daniel Boone, George Washington |
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Dr Batsen D Belfry (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 05:23 AM Response to Original message |
62. Not sure who the most interesting would be |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
63. On my father's side, Edward Teach (Blackbeard) was the most infamous. n/t |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
64. They were mostly a herd of Black Sheep, Scofflaws, and Miscreants |
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Fox Mulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-01-07 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
65. Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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