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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:38 PM Original message |
Any DUers related to anyone famous even somewhat famous wil do |
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CO Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. My Mother Was a Distant Cousin of James Joyce, The Author |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Lucky her, he's one of my absolute |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. Adam and Eve? but seriously... |
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GainesT1958 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. On my father's mother's side... |
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methinks2 (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. I am a |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Any kin to the late |
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methinks2 (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. My maternal |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. My uncle |
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methinks2 (894 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. My great-grandfather |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. Sounds teddibly dashing |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. He certainly deserves a toast! |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 12:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
84. My great, great, great... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. I am related to Lucy |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. LOL! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
44. What a coinkydink--so am I! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. George Washington |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. whoa thats something Trof |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Well, it's a long story. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. interesting and all this went on well my family was in the old country I |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
52. Well, indirectly. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:45 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. trust me on that trof |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:14 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. A newbie! |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:18 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. lol you should meet one of DU buddies |
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iluvchicago86 (422 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 07:21 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. That's right Kleeb!!!!!! |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 12:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Yep I infered to you |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. The Ballet Dancer Suzanne Farrell is My Second Cousin |
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alpizzy (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Ambrose Bierce.... |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
38. Hey, found a little Civil War story book by him |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 01:34 AM Response to Reply #38 |
90. Those were Roger Miller... |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Heh. not related |
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gully (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. William Penn here... |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
54. Me, too, or at least a cousin. |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
14. um, this is slightly embarassing |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
15. Josephine Bonaparte, supposedly. |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
16. Robert E. Lee. |
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MiltonLeBerle (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 03:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
100. when I was in high school- |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. I am a very distant cousin of Phil Lynott of |
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sweetladybug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I quess in a way I'm related to Al Gore |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. A GDR interior minister |
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DarkPhenyx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. Frank and Jessie James... |
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Enraged_Ape (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. The corpse in "Weekend At Bernie's" is my cousin |
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anti_shrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
25. My aunt did a family tree a while back |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. Baseball player Charlie Gehringer |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. have heard of him a hall of famer you know |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Which, in turn, Scout |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
30. Johnny Weissmuller (the first Tarzan) is my grandmother's cousin. |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Lord Hamilton of Scotland, the famous surfer, is a very distant cuz. |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Hold on, do you mean Laird Hamilton, the big wave guy? |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. My husband is a second cousin of Hugh Hefner... |
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Darth_Ole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:53 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. My second cousing is Ken Dryden, the great hockey goalkeeper of the 70's. |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
37. Two presidents |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
39. U. S. Grant |
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MaryBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. He was a good man. |
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5thGenDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 07:44 PM Response to Reply #39 |
77. Jeez Mitchum |
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kmla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
41. My Granny told me... |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Charles Caroll I would assume |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
42. way back on my maternal grandmother's side |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
45. Amelia Earhart |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
46. William Bradford |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. to Bush? poor you ches here have my pity bowl |
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Cheswick2.0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 09:36 PM Response to Reply #48 |
81. yup, my sister slapped that on me saturday |
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LeinesRed (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 11:35 AM Response to Reply #46 |
98. wait! |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. My Great Grandfather was an inventor |
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The Lone Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
50. My Cousin was in the Miss America contest. |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
55. Millions of people are descendent from Charlemagne. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 05:58 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I cant even trace my lines back to the 1800's |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:10 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. England, Normandy, Scotland -- they are all mixed up with the Vikings. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:13 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. hmmm |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:51 PM Response to Reply #58 |
71. John, please check your inbox!! |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 09:36 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. saw it lawson I appreciates it |
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shirlden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. Fifth Great-Aunt |
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burr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
62. Benedict Arnold... |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
63. My Uncle was Daniel Ellsberg's boss |
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unluckythirteen (18 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
64. my uncle is Skinner. |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 09:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
82. I take it you are thirteen Yeah Skinner would count |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. Saint Thomas a Becket, supposedly |
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SOteric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
66. A well-known photographer |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
67. The cloest I can get is..... |
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AngryWhiteDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
68. No |
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SiobhanClancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
69. Michael Collins |
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JohnKleeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 09:34 PM Response to Reply #69 |
80. coolness |
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Vitruvius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
70. Mother's father invented the bug-zapper -- |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
72. One fraternal... |
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AnnabelLee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
73. My ex-husband |
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Ivory_Tower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
74. My aunt's husband's brother's son was... |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
75. Distantly related to one of Liz Taylor's ex-husbands. |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
78. Joe Eula, the illustrator, |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 02:06 AM Response to Reply #78 |
92. Once upon a time in the wooly west.. |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 11:33 AM Response to Reply #92 |
97. I saw Joe on TV recently |
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Spirochete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-03 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
79. My grandfather (maternal) |
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LincolnMcGrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
85. Daniel Boone |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
87. Related to? Buddy I AM famous! |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
88. My father's Grandma was named Adams and a descendant of .. |
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burr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 12:50 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. Does this mean we can have a duel? |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
91. Red Skelton and Jimmy Stewart |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
93. I lived in So. and every So. I meet had Robert E, Lee in the family. |
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Throckmorton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
94. Christopher Lowell |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
95. gee duh-bya |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
96. My great-great-great-great grandfather was Bright W. Hargrove, the |
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MiltonLeBerle (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
99. Sam Houston is my great-great-great-great grandfather. |
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Samuraimad (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
101. Eastman of "Eastman Kodak" |
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MiltonLeBerle (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 05:28 PM Response to Reply #101 |
103. Doesn't that make you related to Linda McCartney? |
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Snow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 05:45 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. Ha! A match..... |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
102. My Great Aunt was Huey Long's mistress. |
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ikojo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-03 05:51 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. My family's claim to fame is a "little person" |
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