Just found out I'm related to...

Live forum: http://forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=66934

benner410

20-07-2007 10:15:25

Jack Dempsey... lol -He was my great great grandfather.. thats great x2. I can't believe my parents just now told me heh... Anyone else related to someone famous/important?

DRay9911

20-07-2007 10:37:07

i'm not, but my relatives are.

-dan

manOFice

20-07-2007 10:57:52

I'm not gonna lie...I have no clue who that is...even after googling him and seeing his picture

theysayjump

20-07-2007 11:10:16

Alexander Graham Bell for me.

benner410

20-07-2007 11:12:32

[quotea5f303c4d4="manOFice"]I'm not gonna lie...I have no clue who that is...even after googling him and seeing his picture[/quotea5f303c4d4]

Famous boxer...

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Dempsey

Jams44

20-07-2007 11:17:49

Bertie[=http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertie_Ahern]Bertie and Cecelia Ahern[=http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Ahern]Cecelia Ahern

tjwor

20-07-2007 11:32:04

John Brown is my great great great great grandpa, and i'm for real on that, not making it up or anything... srrlsy tho, i'm not lieing either...

A Stupidly Long Link That Was Shortened by dmorris68 with the Handy Use of Proper BBCode Tags![=http//images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http//www.crazykansas.com/images/hf-john-brown_1.jpg&imgrefurl=http//www.crazykansas.com/&h=400&w=300&sz=58&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=3P4Z89LER_lTMM&tbnh=124&tbnw=93&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djohn%2Bbrown%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozillaen-USofficial%26sa%3DN]A Stupidly Long Link That Was Shortened by dmorris68 with the Handy Use of Proper BBCode Tags!

that dude

dmorris68

20-07-2007 11:41:45

People (and this means you, tjwor) please! We've asked a million times to wrap your long links in tags and to resize your large images to prevent horizontal page scrolling!

tylerc

20-07-2007 11:50:23

[quotea0b03f3249="tjwor"]John Brown is my great great great great grandpa, and i'm for real on that, not making it up or anything... srrlsy tho, i'm not lieing either...

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that dude[/quotea0b03f3249]

Aka him

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_%28abolitionist%29

ilanbg

20-07-2007 11:56:05

Jesus was my step-brother.

EatChex89

20-07-2007 11:56:15

abraham lincoln

MyungChunHa

20-07-2007 12:40:46

[quote5ebe80d7d8="ilanbg"]Jesus was my step-brother.[/quote5ebe80d7d8]
How's he doing nowadays?

DRay9911

20-07-2007 12:43:17

http//www.blahblahblahg.com/wordpress/wp-photos/20061203-212112-2.jpg[" alt=""/img581d29922d]

-dan

dmorris68

20-07-2007 12:46:22

I had to stare that that for a couple seconds before I figured out what they were doing. )

bballp6699

20-07-2007 12:51:00

Could have atleast used a better camera.

tylerc

20-07-2007 12:51:27

But David, weren't you around when Jesus was?

skepticalcynic

20-07-2007 13:03:20

Getting back to topic...
I am a direct descendant of 2 famous people - Lady Godiva (the woman who rode around on horseback naked with only her long hair to cover her shock ) AND King Henry VIII (I'm pretty proud of that LOL)

MyungChunHa

20-07-2007 13:04:12

[quote095f16147d="tylerc"]But David, weren't you around when Jesus was?[/quote095f16147d]
http//www.hhv.de/images/stuff/36098_02.jpg[" alt=""/img095f16147d]

bullseye4u

20-07-2007 13:39:41

[quote176d8fa510="MyungChunHa"][quote176d8fa510="tylerc"]But David, weren't you around when Jesus was?[/quote176d8fa510]
http//www.hhv.de/images/stuff/36098_02.jpg[" alt=""/img176d8fa510][/quote176d8fa510]


[img="176d8fa510]http//kyra-mike.net/blog/ernie-bert-wtf.jpg[" alt=""/img176d8fa510]

kidd2108

20-07-2007 13:57:03

http//forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2191192

lol

Big War Bird

20-07-2007 14:24:01

Kim Basinger[=http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Basinger]Kim Basinger Is a distant cousin of mine.

My family tree is populated by cowards, murderers, petty criminals, refugees and other losers in life. (

skepticalcynic

20-07-2007 15:04:59

[quote7d71bde87c="Big War Bird"]Kim Basinger[=http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Basinger]Kim Basinger Is a distant cousin of mine.

My family tree is populated by cowards, murderers, petty criminals, refugees and other losers in life. ([/quote7d71bde87c]

aww... is that what made Big Bird grab his gun? ?

(you know, I'm pretty sure Henry VIII was a coward, murderer, AND petty criminal...)

JordanE

20-07-2007 16:10:10

Jan Egeland[=http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Egeland]Jan Egeland (ehh nothing to special) on my dads side. Gen "StoneWall" Jackson[=http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_Jackson]Gen "StoneWall" Jackson on my moms side. My grandfather on my moms side also received the Navy Cross[=http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Cross]Navy Cross during WWII

jordan90

20-07-2007 16:34:58

The Wright Brother's are distant cousins (seventh cousins, I believe) to me.

Tholek

20-07-2007 18:16:47

[quotef5c6ec040f="skepticalcynic"]Getting back to topic...
I am a direct descendant of 2 famous people - Lady Godiva (the woman who rode around on horseback naked with only her long hair to cover her shock ) AND King Henry VIII (I'm pretty proud of that LOL)[/quotef5c6ec040f]

Cool. Are you in line to any thrones? Most people think they'd never kill anyone, but you may have more reason than most. D

Jack Klugman is my maternal grandmother's cousin. I'm not sure what that makes me, except not in his will. ;)

dmorris68

20-07-2007 18:34:40

[quote6f100ed842="Tholek"]Jack Klugman is my maternal grandmother's cousin. I'm not sure what that makes me, except not in his will. ;)[/quote6f100ed842]
Quincy! lol

Tholek

20-07-2007 18:54:18

and Oscar. ;)

dmorris68

20-07-2007 19:01:21

[quotee6cbfb1e5e="Tholek"]and Oscar. ;)[/quotee6cbfb1e5e]
True. And most of the young whippersnappers here probably have no idea who either of those characters are.

EatChex89

20-07-2007 20:16:14

i'm related to mel gibson, actually.

Jams44

20-07-2007 20:43:54

[quoted219bd5a54="dmorris68"][quoted219bd5a54="Tholek"]and Oscar. ;)[/quoted219bd5a54]
True. And most of the young whippersnappers here probably have no idea who either of those characters are.[/quoted219bd5a54]

Quincy M.E. and the Odd Couple? )

zr2152

20-07-2007 21:10:49

My GF is related to Woodrow Wilson and James Wilson who signed the declaration of independence and owned like 1/2 of Pennsylvania...beat that bitoches.

Excel

21-07-2007 04:01:59

I'm related to Admiral de Grasse. Without him, there would be no USA. I trump you all!

http//members.aol.com/spursfan50/davidallen/degrasse.htm

Big War Bird

21-07-2007 04:13:28

My brother served on the USS Comte De Grasse

http//www.navybuddies.com/dd/Image819.jpg[" alt=""/img17b44978aa]

skepticalcynic

21-07-2007 19:15:00

[quotef15b4426e8="Tholek"][quotef15b4426e8="skepticalcynic"]Getting back to topic...
I am a direct descendant of 2 famous people - Lady Godiva (the woman who rode around on horseback naked with only her long hair to cover her shock ) AND King Henry VIII (I'm pretty proud of that LOL)[/quotef15b4426e8]

Cool. Are you in line to any thrones? Most people think they'd never kill anyone, but you may have more reason than most. D
[/quotef15b4426e8]

Sadly, no - my ancestors House is no longer in power in England. cry
...But maybe if I killed ALLLL the other people who would be in line before me... twisted

skepticalcynic

21-07-2007 19:21:58

[quote3f296dadd5="Excel"]I'm related to Admiral de Grasse. Without him, there would be no USA. I trump you all![/quote3f296dadd5]

I am a "Daughter of the American Revolution" - my ancestors initiated the revolution. But then, without my ancestors on the Mayflower, there would never have been a settlement to defend.

I am very confident in saying that MANY MANY of us have ancestry in the original settlements of the colonies. It's not that unique.


(BTW - sorry for the double post - couldn't get the quotes to work right.)

samz465

21-07-2007 21:38:51

[quote815ff75b3e="kidd2108"]http//forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2191192

lol[/quote815ff75b3e]
LOLOL!
Omg that TOTALLY sucks to be him!
Hahha.

It's so unbelievable but so amazing lol.

FreeOffersNow

24-07-2007 11:17:30

Albert Einstein and Jonathan Swift...there were a few other less-notable (but notable nonetheless) ladies and gents...but it's pretty tough to recall (found out in HS when doing a genealogy project).

zdub08

24-07-2007 12:15:48

ADAM AND EVE LOL

aviendha47

24-07-2007 14:08:20

I'm related to the writer Kevin O'Donnell Jr. but I don't know much else about my ancestry.

EatChex89

24-07-2007 15:24:22

[quote40a7b215cf="zdub08"]ADAM AND EVE LOL[/quote40a7b215cf]

noah and the ark!

Menchions

24-07-2007 22:44:56

Arent we all related to eachother one way or another?

tylerc

25-07-2007 05:27:02

If you believe in god, I suppose. That's why zdub said ADAM AND EVE LOL