Who are you related to?

[brstevns]

Was just curious with all the members here. Thought it might be interesting to know if anyone here is related to someone famous? I will start, Queen Anne Boleyn was a first cousin to me . I have others but this is a start.

[MUSTANG]

Wow! You are old.

Your first cousin is the child of your aunt or uncle. Your second cousin is the grandchild of your great aunt or great uncle. (If two people are first cousins, the children of each of the people will be second cousins.) Your third cousin is the great-grandchild of your great-great uncle or great-great aunt.

[waksupi]

Many, many years ago when I was twenty-three
I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red
My father fell in love with her and soon they too were wed

This made my dad my son-in-law and really changed my life
For now my daughter was my mother, 'cause she was my father's wife
And to complicate the matter, even though it brought me joy
I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy

My little baby then became a brother-in-law to dad
And so became my uncle, though it made me very sad
For if he were my uncle, then that also made him brother
Of the widow's grownup daughter, who was of course my step-mother

Father's wife then had a son who kept them on the run
And he became my grandchild, for he was my daughter's son
My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue
Because although she is my wife, she's my grandmother too

Now if my wife is my grandmother, then I'm her grandchild
And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild
'Cause now I have become the strangest 'case you ever saw
As husband of my grandmother, I am my own grandpa

I'm my own grandpa, I'm my own grandpa
It sounds funny, I know but it really is so
I'm my own grandpa

[opos]

My Mother was the great niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe the author of many books including Uncle Tom's Cabin...the family all referred to her as "Aunt Hattie"...even had her picture on a postage stamp in the 70's as I recall.

[hoosierlogger]

I am a nephew by marrige to Orel Hershiser. He was a pitcher for the Dodgers in the mid 80's.

[brstevns]

Wow! You are old.

Your first cousin is the child of your aunt or uncle. Your second cousin is the grandchild of your great aunt or great uncle. (If two people are first cousins, the children of each of the people will be second cousins.) Your third cousin is the great-grandchild of your great-great uncle or great-great aunt.

The best way to explain this would be to say my 13th Grandfather was Queen Anne Boleyn's Uncle.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Any Rodeo fans here ?
I am related to Larry Sandvick ...He is my second cousin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcF6M7RNbHQ

http://www.wildmanriggins.com/wildman_008.htm

[slim1836]

Distantly related to John Selman, the man who shot John Wesley Hardin.

Slim

[shooterg]

My full name is George David Venable. I'm a direct descendent of Adam and Eve Venable.
Seriously..not !

[Artful]

Benjamin Franklin way back there
- it's the 225th anniversary of his death today.

[shaper]

I have two.
#1 I am a descendant of Franz Gruber. The man that wrote the music to the song Silent Night.
#2 My mothers maiden name was Barrow. She had a uncle named Clyde, He had a girl friend named Bonnie.

[jmort]

Davy Crockett

[smoked turkey]

As far as I know a generation ago, my family had a few moonshiners and indian maid who was my Dad's grandmother. No one of importance except to me!

[Harter66]

My Miss has a couple of fellas about 4 generations back , a Frank and James Younger.

My 3rd great grandmother was named after her aunt Nancy Elliot , William McKinley's mother.

[bangerjim]

My family tree goes back a long way in Amreica. My great-great-great-great-great.......whatever was a civil engineer and surveyed the roads in Jamestown. He came here from Wales and liked it so much, he stayed! I am an umteenth generation American.

[bubba.50]

I remember hearin' old Speck Rhodes sing Waksupi's song on "The Porter Waggoner Show". his humorous songs along with Dolly Parton's "assets" were always highlights of that show for me.

[starmac]

Waksupi, did you ever live in Texas. lol I had a neighbor with very nearly that same scenario. lol

[Cowboy_Dan]

If anyone watches Vikings, I descend from Rollo. I'll try not to spoil anything, but it makes me a distant relative to all of the remaining European royals.

[Lead Fred]

Nobody, the Commies wiped out our entire family. Even came to America and kilt grandad, and auntie.

So when the left says lets get along, I say BITE ME Commie

[JeffinNZ]

My mother. She's a top lady.