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Post by Predator McBroski on Oct 9, 2010 10:42:23 GMT -5
That on one side of my family, I'm related to King Edward te First and on the other, I'm related to Jesse James (The outlaw, not the wrestler).
Do YOU have any famous people in your family?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2010 11:28:08 GMT -5
No offense but I know of atleast 40 people near my rural town of IL that claim to be relatives of Jesse James...It seems like in every high school or college speech class ive taken atleast 5 people have said the same
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Post by Red Impact on Oct 9, 2010 11:29:59 GMT -5
I'm supposedly distantly related to Ponce De Leon. Aside from that, I don't think there's anyone else.
As for Jesse James, they have so many people claiming relation that they have their own organization set up to test it, apparently.
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Post by Young Game on Oct 9, 2010 11:42:56 GMT -5
I've still got my fingers crossed that I'm one of Screamin' Jay's kids.
Wish me luck!
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Post by Porky's Butthole on Oct 9, 2010 11:53:37 GMT -5
On one side: Arnold Palmer
On the other: Larry Czonka
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Oct 9, 2010 11:59:26 GMT -5
King James IV of Scotland.
He died in battle.
Top THAT.
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Post by Predator McBroski on Oct 9, 2010 12:03:08 GMT -5
King James IV of Scotland. He died in battle. Top THAT. That is very cool, Scots are AWESOME. Also, I'm not related to Jesse James directly, I was related to his sister-in-law. |
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Post by Cyborg Franky on Oct 9, 2010 12:09:43 GMT -5
My great uncle is Nathan Hale who got hang during the Revolutionary War for being a spy for the U.S.
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Post by TromboneMan on Oct 9, 2010 12:12:11 GMT -5
There are ties that could lead my family to Will Scarlett of Robin Hood's group
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Post by i.Sarita.com on Oct 9, 2010 12:14:49 GMT -5
King James IV of Scotland. He died in battle. Top THAT. That is very cool, Scots are AWESOME. Also, I'm not related to Jesse James directly, I was related to his sister-in-law. Yeah, it ain't some BS relation either. I am the 13x Direct Grandson of him. Which means I should be King of Scotland I think. |
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Post by Toom E. Guci on Oct 9, 2010 12:56:55 GMT -5
People think I'm related to Albert Einstein because my last name is Eisenstein....go figure!
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Post by MyndSkape: A Poor Man's Virgil on Oct 9, 2010 13:13:04 GMT -5
My great cousin is Coretta Scott King, so her and Martin Luther King.
Edit: Also, Mary McLoud Bethune
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Post by Hawk Hart on Oct 9, 2010 13:18:45 GMT -5
One of my uncles several generations back was General Longstreet.
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Post by Predator McBroski on Oct 9, 2010 13:59:22 GMT -5
That is very cool, Scots are AWESOME. Also, I'm not related to Jesse James directly, I was related to his sister-in-law. Yeah, it ain't some BS relation either. I am the 13x Direct Grandson of him. Which means I should be King of Scotland I think. Yeah, my earliest relative bearing my last name was adopted by the King, So I should be King of England. |
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Post by nm on Oct 9, 2010 14:02:08 GMT -5
That is very cool, Scots are AWESOME. Also, I'm not related to Jesse James directly, I was related to his sister-in-law. Yeah, it ain't some BS relation either. I am the 13x Direct Grandson of him. Which means I should be King of Scotland I think. When you become King, will you remember us mortals and still post here? |
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Post by ani on Oct 9, 2010 14:20:29 GMT -5
I have family who were in France during the time of the Revolution. Don't have any evidence whether they fought in it yet.
Also have a relative (3rd great grand uncle) who seems to have served in the army after the Civil War and was in Lynchburg during the Reconstruction but again, no info other then that.
Also, my 3rd Great Grand Aunt's (her 2nd husband is the guy above) first husband's family traces back to the 15th century. They also lived in my old hometown in the 1700's.
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Post by fw91 on Oct 9, 2010 15:12:52 GMT -5
let me get this straight.... you were related to Jesse James and you didn't know? Your ass better call somebody
(I'll leave now)
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Post by Bake Or Die on Oct 9, 2010 15:14:10 GMT -5
How would someone find this out anyway?
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Post by Predator McBroski on Oct 9, 2010 15:16:58 GMT -5
How would someone find this out anyway? There are a bunch of sites for it, like ancestry.com. I found out mine while looking for my family crest. |
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Post by Bake Or Die on Oct 9, 2010 15:20:52 GMT -5
I don't even have the information needed to start a tree on ancestry.com  |
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