Lets hear it, who are you related to?

Drenched_N_Motivation
Drenched_N_Motivation Posts: 1,004 Member
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Seems like everyone I know swears they are related to someone famous in history. I know people who think they are related to the Queen of England, Adolph Hitler, Jessie James(the outlaw) etc...

So, who do you THINK you are related to as it pertains to famous people in history?
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  • Heather_Rider
    Heather_Rider Posts: 1,159 Member
    My momma. She's famous! She made the front page of the newspaper once! =) lol
  • jyuubi
    jyuubi Posts: 109
    I was told by my grandfather Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • Chipmaniac
    Chipmaniac Posts: 642 Member
    Supposedly, I'm related to George Washington on my father's side
  • PandaDreamerGurl
    PandaDreamerGurl Posts: 45
    I believe someone in my family said that our great (I don't know how many greats though) uncle was the Prince of Scotland. Whether that's true or not is beyond me. Never did a history check to see if it's true.
  • 4myhealth77
    4myhealth77 Posts: 77 Member
    Im a direct decendent of the Mccoys (Hatfield & Mccoys).
  • TheDudette
    TheDudette Posts: 173 Member
    Your mom! HAHAHAHAHAHA, still funny after all these years.
  • funkyspunky872
    funkyspunky872 Posts: 866 Member
    :) WIll Ferrel by way of my Grandmother.
  • alex88carolina
    alex88carolina Posts: 108
    My dads side is supposed to go way back to the founders of Barcelona Spain.
  • camrunner
    camrunner Posts: 363
    Charles Goodnight. Yeah, that's all I've got... but at least he has a wiki.
  • dollipop
    dollipop Posts: 379 Member
    Lol. I actually am related to the Queen of England. On my Dad's side, our family tree goes back to the time of Henry VIII etc. :laugh:
  • wild_wild_life
    wild_wild_life Posts: 1,334 Member
    On my dad's side, I'm related to Clement Clarke Moore, the guy who wrote Twas the Night Before Christmas. Also, supposedly, Oliver Cromwell. On my mom's side, Aaron, Moses's brother.
  • jesusHchris
    jesusHchris Posts: 1,405 Member
    Barrack Obama.
  • gwduker
    gwduker Posts: 293
    Chief Oshkosh, from which Oshkosh, WI was named. Home of the EAA Convention. Also, Alexander Robinson, my great x5 grandfather. He was chief of three tribes.
  • juliecat1
    juliecat1 Posts: 3,450 Member
    I'm adopted so I don't really count it but my mom says she tracked back to Andrew jackson. Apparently that's a massive deal.
  • Redbird99ky
    Redbird99ky Posts: 305 Member
    1. More infamous than famous, but Warren G. Harding.
    2. Notable but not extremely famous: Dr Francis Julius LeMoyne - built the first crematorium in the US. His family was also part of the underground railway.
    3. Famous, but not historical: Dorothy Hart - movie actress from the 1940's. She played Jane in "Tarzan's Savage Fury" with Lex Barker as Tarzan.
  • CynthiasChoice
    CynthiasChoice Posts: 1,047 Member
    Robert E Lee and I have a common ancestor. His gg grandfather, and my gggggg...grandfather. I'm also related to Daniel Boone's first wife.
    My ancestors had their land surveyed by George Washington when he was a teen age boy. I've seen the document with his signature. And we owned land at Mount Vernon before George purchased it.
    Thanks for posting this - so much fun to read!
  • jetscreaminagain
    jetscreaminagain Posts: 1,130 Member
    I'm a Mayflower descendant: John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. Her father apparently brought crates of shoes for himself but not a single useful tool. I believe that I inherited the family mannerisms for packing for a trip.

    I'm also related to the inventor of the Ferris wheel. By way of my father's mother. Her mother was Julia Ferris and married a Campbell.
  • apedeb09
    apedeb09 Posts: 805 Member
    According to my dad, I'm related to Uncle Kracker.. :laugh: But who knows if that's true.
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    Jackie Chan.
  • MissShancey
    MissShancey Posts: 464
    Dean McDermott is my Cousin ...
  • theblackbirdtree
    theblackbirdtree Posts: 168
    Keanu Reeves. He's my third cousin.

    While we're at it, my family reunions are always big because we are direct descendants of King Kamehameha.
  • Chipmaniac
    Chipmaniac Posts: 642 Member
    Has anyone realized that if you trace your ancestry back far enough, you are related to essentially everyone at some point?

    You have 2 parents
    You have 4 grandparents
    You have 8 great-grandparents
    You have 16 great-great grandparents
    ...

    Assuming an average 25 years or so for each generation, there were approximately 512 people alive at the time of the American Revolution that were your direct ancestor. Go back 400 years and you had 65,536 direct ancestors. One doesn't have to be a math genius to see that eventually everyone's family tree will converge. In fact, it's a guarantee that some of your ancestors appear in more than one part of your tree. So, everyone is related to someone famous if you go back far enough.
  • tycusjay
    tycusjay Posts: 103 Member
    On my Dad's side, I am related to Princess Diana and on my Mum's side, i'm related to John Lennon
  • ktbug1186
    ktbug1186 Posts: 266
    I'm related to Judy Garland...if that counts?? :D
  • gogonunubean
    gogonunubean Posts: 160 Member
    My third cousin is George Harrison from the beatles! (We are both the poor and tone deaf side of the family lol). WE share a common great great Grandma and no, we have never met!
  • kritterxx
    kritterxx Posts: 100 Member
    I'm a Mayflower descendant: John Alden and Priscilla Mullins.

    So am I! My British side goes back to the Mayflower, and my dad's side (the American side), goes back to one of the early settler boats from Germany. My great-grandfather was also a 'famous' dentist and worked in the empire state building, I believe :D yeeha.
  • nwhitley
    nwhitley Posts: 619
    Well, he's not a famous person in history but I'm related to Dwayne Martin, he's my mom's sisters son. So, we are first cousins and Kym Whitley a comedian and actress. She's my dad's brother's daughter. So, another first cousin.
  • MMAQueen
    MMAQueen Posts: 279 Member
    my family tree traces directly back to this bad *kitten*:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier_Gerlofs_Donia
  • 4myhealth77
    4myhealth77 Posts: 77 Member
    Oh, Im also directly related to Agnes Moorehead (actress, Grandmother on Bewitched). GGG Grandmother...something like that. lol
  • llamalland
    llamalland Posts: 246 Member
    Lol. I actually am related to the Queen of England. On my Dad's side, our family tree goes back to the time of Henry VIII etc. :laugh:

    My paternal grandmother's family is descended from the House of Hamilton- the family of Anne Boleyn, 2nd wife of Henry VIII! !

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