Anyone Famous Or Infamous In Your Family Tree?

[Mizzkitt]

My grandmother always claimed that a long deceased relative by the name of Pola Negri a silent film star was somehow related through marriage. Whether true or not I am not sure, grandma had a habit of embellishing things

 

[Gary O']

Tennessee Williams

go figure

I may yet become his antitheses, the infamous one

I can just hear my young folks down the line at reunions 'remember uncle Gary?.....sheeesh'

 

[treeguy64]

This guy named Adam, no last name, and this woman named Eve. I hear that they magically appeared in this garden called Eden, a long while ago. Wow!

 

[moviequeen1]

Yes on both sides of the family tree
My siblings and I are related to Sam Adams who was President John Adams 2nd cousin. We are 6 cousins six times removed to Benedict Arnold.
Colonel Nathaniel Rochester is a distant relative,the city of Rochester,NY is named after him.
My father's side of the family comes from New Hampshire,my mom's from Salem, Mass

 

[IKE]

From what I've been told several of my kin folk were involved in the moonshine business up in the hills of Kentucky for many years.

 

[Deucemoi]

paternal uncle invented the proximity fuse for artillery shells. also was instrumental in solving the non exploding torpedo problem for submarines during wwii

 

[jujube]

I'm always hoping that someday *I* will be the infamous ancestor. You know the saying: "Well-behaved women seldom make history"....

 

[HipGnosis]

My aunt by marriage (my mom's brother's wife) is the niece of Amelia Earhart. My aunt's dad is Amelia's brother. My aunt's maiden name is Earhart. Pictures of Amelia and my aunt at the same ages look like sisters.
Bonus; my three girls all went to the Amelia Earhart school (on an Air Force base in Japan).

HipG

 

[GeorgiaXplant]

Paternal great uncle was Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada 1896-1911. Probably only significant to Canadians on the forum.

 

[Yongy]

My grandmother always claimed that a long deceased relative by the name of Pola Negri a silent film star was somehow related through marriage. Whether true or not I am not sure, grandma had a habit of embellishing things

One of my ancestors is supposed to be a 12th century historical figure.

 

[Lara]

On my mother's side, Dr. Archibald Thomas (1787-1850) "...cut the arrow out of Davy Crockett's back" who survived. It wasn't at the Alamo battle which was later, in 1836).

In 1813 Crockett, at 27 yrs old, was among thousands of Tennesseans who joined the state militia to fight against the Creek Indians who had attacked American settlers at Fort Mims, Alabama. The Tennessee Militia was led by the future President Andrew Jackson in the Creek village of Tallushatchee.

 

[helenbacque]

Nope. Just ordinary citizens.

 

[Robert59]

My Mother side of family is related to Davy Crockett.

 

[AnnieA]

Second cousin, John Butler, choreographer.

10th great-grandfather John Wheelwright caused theological bruhahas among the Pilgrims. His SIL, Anthony Checkley, my 9th gg was a prosecutor in the Salem witch trials.

 

[Aneeda72]

Wright brothers, for those of you that fly, you are welcome. LOL.

 

[Manatee]

No details, but I am told that there was a lady in our family tree that was hanged for witchcraft.

 

[debodun]

My mother's brother always maintained that we were somehow related to the Revolutionar War hero, Ethan Allen. I have an antique hymnbook (no music, just the words) I rescued from my maternal grandmother's estate that is signed by Ella Allen, but being such a common name, I can't say and now my uncle's been gone for 25 years.

 

[caroln]

I may have written this long ago in another post, but George Eastman of Eastman Kodak fame was a cousin of mine, many times removed.

Also, my grandfather used to tell me we were related to the King of Sweden. It made me feel special when I was a little girl but, of course, just took it as a cute story when I grew up. Until I found a snap shot in my grandmother's photo album of the King and Queen of Sweden standing at a table full of food at a picnic. Why in the world would my grandparents be at a picnic with the King? Hmm....

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Nobody famous, but I'm supposed to have an ancestor, who was hung for stealing horses.
One namesake helped found Canada, and another one was a French painter, who was famous for painting overweight naked women. I have no idea if I'm related to them.

 

[Pepper]

I'm related, through marriage, to two well-known presently working actresses.

 

[jujube]

My 34th great-grandfather was Edward Longshanks, King of England, according to my sister's genealogy research.

That and $4.75 will buy me a cup of coffee at Starbucks.......

 

[hollydolly]

I am related through marriage ( aunt's brother).. who is a famous British singer

 

[hollydolly]

My 34th great-grandfather was Edward Longshanks, King of England, according to my sister's genealogy research.

That and $4.75 will buy me a cup of coffee at Starbucks.......

I think by the time we get to the 34th of anything, we're ALL Royalty or Criminals..

 

[bowmore]

My late wife was a Mackenzie, and her cousin tracer the lineage back to Robert the Bruce. On the other hand, her grandfather was an official in Oil City, PA and was suspected of some shady dealings.

 

[hollydolly]

I'm Scottish with Scottish/Irish Grandparents.. originally ... can you just Imagine how many famous people I could probably trace my lineage back to also given that my Irish ancestors.. were Vikings ( Denmark /Norway & Sweden)... and my Scottish Ancestors were Gaels, Norse and Picts ( the latter from Iberia)...