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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:37 AM Original message |
Are you related to any politicians? |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well, my stepfather was once basically promised a seat in the House |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm related to George Graham Vest. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
3. My SIL's family is related to Al Gore-to the degree that she gets warnings |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Got a doctor relation too, but unfortunately, it's Rahm Emmanuel's father |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. My Uncle is a retired but well know Poli Scientist |
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foxfeet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. James K. Polk, 11th President of the US |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Does Robert the Bruce count? |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. cool, he apparently threw one branch of my family out of Scotland way back |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Yeah, we ran a friend of mine's family off the island, too. Just weren't as good of |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
43. Family legend has it... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:04 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Your family and a lot of others! How desperate would you have to be to make that voyage? nt |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. Great Grandfather in the state legilature |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
9. I am one, actually! |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. so should I ask for the inside scoop about why we lost Teddy's seat? |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Coakley ran a dreadful campaign |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. but why did they pick her in the first place? |
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Crystal Clarity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Cool!!! I'm suprised so few have given the accolades you deserve! |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
10. No. The closest I come to being related to someone in the public eye is |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. George W. Bush |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. yes, to someone who works in the West Wing, but not anyone elected... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Thankfully, no. |
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burrfoot (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
18. Aaron Burr. |
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lazarus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
19. two, possibly |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. I am a descendant of Caligula's horse |
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brendan120678 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. Hmmm...my uncle's ex-wife is cousins with... |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. I'm related to all human beings. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
23. A state Senator in AR who was murdered |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. Supposedly Nixon. |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. yup. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well, dang! You and I might actually be related, too! |
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Old Troop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. My grandfather was a dem rep to the convention that selected |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-10-10 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
28. I'm descended from the politician who introduced the temporary income tax act to Canadian Parliament |
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bookworm65t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
30. Me! |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
31. Several |
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HipChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
33. Lady Shirley Williams.. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 06:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. That also makes you related to her mother, Vera Brittain... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. No but I've been inside a house belonging to a guy who was featured in the top 10. |
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Robeson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-11-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. Augustus Caesar.... |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
36. Bill Clinton and possibly Strom Thurmond |
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blue_roses_lib (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-12-10 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. No politicians but... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
39. Congressman Murtha was a cousin to my grandfather. |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. John Murtha's brother was my landlord! |
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BarbaRosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. My great great grandfather |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-14-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Yes |
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yellowdogintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
42. my cousin is in the Kentucky State Legislature and running for |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
44. Remotely related to Grover Cleveland - so is Mr. csziggy |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 05:52 AM Response to Original message |
45. Just my dad. |
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zabet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-15-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
47. Direct descendant of... |
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