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Any famous relatives?
2005-02-05, 11:19 PM #1
does anyone here have any famous relatives? (living or dead)

If so, post them!

(a prerequisite is that you must also post a biography/description of the person and what makes them famous.)


I happen to have two famous relatives.


1. Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829)

Davy invented the miner's helmet and did research with chemistry, (particularly with alkali metals, chlorine, and other elements. I was pissed to realize that, try as I might, I could not pass chemistry in High School. If I had told my instructor who I am directly descended from, he would have hopefully given me some leniency, or better yet, a better grade. Ah, too late now.

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2. Kit Carson (1809-1868)

Another person who I am directly descended from. Carson was a trapper, scout, Indian Agent, and soldier.

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2005-02-05, 11:26 PM #2
Oh, oh, oh! My cousin is olympic speed skater Cindy Klassen!


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2005-02-05, 11:32 PM #3
I dont know who im related to beyond grandparents.

o.0
2005-02-05, 11:40 PM #4
my ancestor from the Harris clan fought against bonnie prince charlie and stuck her arm through the door braces to stop the soldiers getting in to their castle... and got her arm snapped in two.... we scots never were that smart :(

and my uncle is an actor, not overly famous, but been in the bill, eastenders, loads of adverts etc....
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2005-02-05, 11:46 PM #5
There's this one great-uncle of mine who stole several tens of thousands of dollars worth of Nazi gold from some castle during WWII... he buried it when he came back to Canada, and when he went to dig it up some years later, there had been a highway built over it. But he's not really famous (I can't even remember his name).

Nothing other than that, at least what I can think of at the moment.
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2005-02-05, 11:51 PM #6
You should probably go get that gold. Just take a jackhammer and some pickaxes, and CHA-CHING! Rich...
2005-02-06, 12:00 AM #7
yeah, wayyyyyyy back great great great great great grandpa or something was a privateer for Puerto Rico. He was known as the Terror of the Carribean

Then a couple of greats back, we got family who was a famous singer in Puerto Rico.

Then my aunts cousin is currently a famous singer in Puerto Rico. Forget his name.

And my uncle (mom's bro) recently (as in a couple of months back) was Representing Ricky Martin (yes he's a lawyer obviously) in a lawsuit Ricky had against a former manager of his. My grandma taped all the times my uncle came out on tv. he started getting recognized diff. places in puerto rico, people would go up asking if he was ricky's lawyer. I think that's kinda funny lol

Laura
2005-02-06, 12:02 AM #8
I adopted, so I could be related to anyone... even YOU!
2005-02-06, 12:32 AM #9
vincent your my long lost cousin!

DUN DUN DUNNNN

heheh :p

it's been forever! u remember that time...when we hung out at that place, and then....ok ok lol
2005-02-06, 1:59 AM #10
My grandmother on my father's side is second-cousin to Eliel Saarinen. He was an architect probably most famous for designing the Helsinki Central Railwaystation .

[edit: addition]
Oh, and my mother's grandfather was a local hero/celebrity in the Porvoo - Loviisa area during the kieltolaki-era in Finland (alcohol prohibition 1919 - 1932). He was a rum-smuggler. He was finally caught when the police chased him (on horseback, naturally) and his carriage slipped into a ditch on a turn he took too quickly, smashing his cargo and sending him flying into a field. He made it alright, he was apparently pretty popular among the police too. He had to stop his runs though. Apparently his goods were never metanol-contaminated either as all his stuff was imported by ship.
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2005-02-06, 2:04 AM #11
Apparently one of my great great great aunts was Anne Boleyn. As far as I know, all she's famous for is getting her head cut off because she couldn't have Henry VIII's son...or something. (That's probably an extremely simplified version of the story, but like I say..."as far as I know.")

Uh...here. Maybe I should read that too.

[edit-Whoops, that's Henry the eighth, not the thirteenth...]
2005-02-06, 2:06 AM #12
Related to Bach.

Yeah, that one.
2005-02-06, 2:07 AM #13
One of my ancestors in the 1600's caused a flood somewhere in Finland. That's all I know.
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2005-02-06, 3:57 AM #14
My mams best friend is Paul Andersons godmother, we all know who he is.
2005-02-06, 4:05 AM #15
My uncle is Wolf from the Gladiators.

That needs no more description.
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2005-02-06, 5:41 AM #16
My dad is convinced we have a relative that died with Custer
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2005-02-06, 5:58 AM #17
my great-grandmother's cousin was Jesse James (yes, the outlaw...) *sings Kid Rock - Cowboy* hehehe
and somewhere a bit further back on my dad's mother's side we're related to Thomas Jefferson ;)
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2005-02-06, 6:00 AM #18
My second cousin is a Finnish top model....ummm...my great uncle was a rum-smuggler in Savo, a local hero of Kerimäki and Savonlinna....my grandfather was the first person to own a radio, a car or a TV around this area....ahhh, that's about it I think
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2005-02-06, 6:04 AM #19
Quote:
Originally posted by Is_907
my great-grandmother's cousin was Jesse James (yes, the outlaw...) *sings Kid Rock - Cowboy* hehehe
and somewhere a bit further back on my dad's mother's side we're related to Thomas Jefferson ;)


That means you're also related to that guy on the Discovery Channel.

By association, I NOW hate you.
2005-02-06, 6:32 AM #20
oh crap no... NO! i do NOT want to be related to anyone on that channel... the over-dramatised history people... gah.
(i want to hear what they have to say but not in their dramatic way =P)
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2005-02-06, 6:46 AM #21
Quote:
Originally posted by Tyler
Apparently one of my great great great aunts was Anne Boleyn. As far as I know, all she's famous for is getting her head cut off because she couldn't have Henry XIII's son...or something. (That's probably an extremely simplified version of the story, but like I say..."as far as I know.")

Uh...here. Maybe I should read that too.

Wow. :(
2005-02-06, 7:16 AM #22
Supossidly, one of my dads uncles owns a Canadian tire, and is pretty damn rich. That's the best I can do, heh.
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2005-02-06, 7:35 AM #23
never mind relatives. i'll make ya famous.
2005-02-06, 8:16 AM #24
Jefferson Davis is the only one I can think of.
2005-02-06, 9:36 AM #25
Francis Scott Key
Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner(national anthem) if you didn't know, he's my sixth-great grandfather.

Apparently some of my great aunts were amoung the first female aviators, and I have a second cousin who directed or produced a sucessful independant film (Autumn something)
2005-02-06, 9:57 AM #26
I have no idea. Though if I had to pick, I'd like to be related to Stonewall Jackson.
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2005-02-06, 10:06 AM #27
My cousin was that guy who did that really cool thing you all know about which means you should all flock to my in jealousy so my ego can be inflated!
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2005-02-06, 10:14 AM #28
- General George S. Patton (biography)
- King William the 7th, or Philip, or... something like that. Some French or English king waaay back there.
- The only other one I can think of is a cousing of mine, who owns half of Powerbar.
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2005-02-06, 10:39 AM #29
My nine-greats grandfather was the governor of Plymouth Colony (where the pilgrims on the Mayflower stayed).
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2005-02-06, 11:16 AM #30
I'm related to a semi-famous train robber from the 1870's. His name was Sam Bass. A short little history about him can be found here
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2005-02-06, 12:21 PM #31
Benedict Arnold :P
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2005-02-06, 12:25 PM #32
Quote:
Originally posted by Ted Sandyman
I'm related to John Calhoun. And, according to some detailed research an aunt of mine has done, a bunch of kings from a long, long time ago.

But, honestly, who cares? :\

Your relative looks like the Green Goblin . . .
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2005-02-06, 12:32 PM #33
- Eh, the only blood relation I can think of - William Morris - a signer of the Declaration of Independence; WAY back on on my Dad's side.

Associations, not actual relations:

- Buzz Aldrin - of the Apollo 11 mission - second man on the moon. He and my grandmother dated for a long time back in the day.
- Butch Cassidy - the nicest robber to ever roam the Old West. My great-grandmother was very good friends with him.
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2005-02-06, 12:45 PM #34
Ron Jaworski - Old quarterback for the Eagles.
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2005-02-06, 12:46 PM #35
I don't think I have any famous relatives. I'd probably have to really search the family tree.

Since it's most likely not going to produce me any royalties. Feh.
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2005-02-06, 12:49 PM #36
Franz Schubert

Same last name too.
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2005-02-06, 12:59 PM #37
Santa Claus.
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2005-02-06, 12:59 PM #38
My great grandfather was a belgian composer but I can't be bothered fishing out his details

My great grandmother's cousin was meant to be one of the most famous Violinists in Belgium for a time too, his name was "Doehaerd" something. Well that's his second name. He used to rock, big time. ;)
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2005-02-06, 1:56 PM #39
Adam and Eve :p

You're all distant relatives to me.
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2005-02-06, 2:03 PM #40
I am santa claus.
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