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I feel cheated I don't think I have any famous relatives so I looked online and they said the last name was Dutch I don't think soooo
I never had a pair of shoes like that
clogs aren't they? So this must be my relatives its all I can say I don't remember them for sure but maybe thats my Dad on the end, but WTH I never knew Dutch played Bluegrass.. I feel totally left out
So without further Adooooo


 

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Originally Posted by halfpint

I feel cheated I don't think I have any famous relatives so I looked online and they said the last name was Dutch I don't think soooo
I never had a pair of shoes like that
clogs aren't ? So this must be my relatives its all I can say I don't remember them for sure but maybe thats my Dad on the end, but WTH I never knew Dutch played Bluegrass.. I feel totally left out
So without further Adooooo


LOIS!!!
OMG!!
 

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Originally Posted by halfpint

I feel cheated I don't think I have any famous relatives so I looked online and they said the last name was Dutch I don't think soooo
I never had a pair of shoes like that
clogs aren't ? So this must be my relatives its all I can say I don't remember them for sure but maybe thats my Dad on the end, but WTH I never knew Dutch played Bluegrass.. I feel totally left out
So without further Adooooo


OMG LOIS
 

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Originally Posted by Quill_luv

Okay, this is not really a relation type thing, but apparently my great grandfather held Mia Farrow when she was a baby.
Oh gosh, you reminded me -- about fifteen years ago, the owner of a printing company I contracted with for my company had a baby (well, his wife did), and one day he brought the baby with him when he came by to deliver some printing, so I sat down in the lobby and held the baby while he unloaded the truck. And the baby was, at that time, the youngest descendant of none other than George Washington.

I felt so patriotic!
 

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Originally Posted by white cat lover

*sarcastically* Right Bruce.


j/k I don't think you could rob anyplace, you're a guy who likes kitties, you can do no wrong!
oh and i never robbed a train


but it does not mean i have not thought about it.

i guess its just in the blood.
 

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My cousin is Janet Tashjian... I don't know if anyone has heard of her. She writes childrens books and one of her books was turned into a Disney movie called Tru Confessions back in 2002...
 

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Oh! I just remembered!! I am supposed to be descended from St. Longinus, the Roman centurian who pierced the side of Christ on the cross.


Okay, maybe not, but I have a Longino ancestor and some believe the name was originally Longinus.

I, too, have a murderer hanging from one family tree. Yes, he was executed by hanging. Happened to kill someone from another family tree of mine.
 

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Originally Posted by gemlady

Oh! I just remembered!! I am supposed to be descended from St. Longinus, the Roman centurian who pierced the side of Christ on the cross.


Okay, maybe not, but I have a Longino ancestor and some believe the name was originally Longinus.

I, too, have a murderer hanging from one family tree. Yes, he was executed by hanging. Happened to kill someone from another family tree of mine.
Wow....my family doesn't have any of that to my knowledge....but maybe I better not speak too quick....I come from an Italian background in an area known for certain well organized illegal activities. But so far as I know it's just the people that used to live down the street! Wonder what happend to them???
 

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Originally Posted by Ali012281

My cousin is Janet Tashjian... I don't know if anyone has heard of her. She writes childrens books and one of her books was turned into a Disney movie called Tru Confessions back in 2002...
How cool!
I looked at her website and the books look great. Will have to pick them up.
 

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Not anyone famous, that I know of...if they were famous, they'd probably be INFAMOUS!

Recently, I was searching a Native American genealogy site. Something told me to go to this one tribe's records; I searched; nothing. However, I jokingly said to myself, "If it's there, it's probably in the criminal records list for that tribe."" Sure enough, I found it! I don't know if he is related; but my maiden name is very unusual, so most likely he was a relative.

My Dad we may have had Native American ancestry; I wouldn't be surprised, looking at pics of his family, and what he looked like. I once opened a book on modern Native Americans, and was startled by a pic of a man who looked so much like Dad, it made me jump. There are times , in photos, where I have that look, (a round-faced Native American!), but with pale skin, red hair, and green eyes. (I once dated a man who was 1/2 Commanche; 1/2 Irish, and he had red hair, oddly enough.)

I find geneaology frustrating, as we don't know who my maternal grandfather was. My Mom's Mom was raped as a teenager; they suspected a much older family "friend", who was the richest guy in town; I think he may have used his influence to intimidate them into not going to the police.
 

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ha, supposidly Billy Bob thorton is some kinda cousin. my great gramma is a thorton, and my 2nd cousin Mark has an uncanny resemblance to him.
 
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Okay apparently Henry Hudson is my distant (38) Great Grandfather. The dates on some of the people are iffy. I'm not sure how accurate that is. Oh, and James Dean is my 7th vousin 3 times removed... but some of the dates are iffy as well.

And Joan of Arc is my Distant Great Grand Aunt. I don't really believe that.. but it would be cool. If anyone wants to see my "relation" to her, just tell me and I'll put it up here.

Here are my "relations" to famous people. Yeah I got all paranoid and scratched out my last name.


Lucille Ball


James Dean


Amelia Earhart


Prime Minister Laurier


Edith Roosevelt
 
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