Who are you related to that's famous, or almost famous?

[Mean 318]

I had some sort of cousin at the Boston tea party...
The founder of boyscouts! Thats awesome! He is responsable for so much! I wish I could thank him! He was a great man!

[Steve P.]

I had some sort of cousin at the Boston tea party...
The founder of boyscouts! Thats awesome! He is responsable for so much! I wish I could thank him! He was a great man!

Wait, I thought I had heard he was gay.....   

[Arigmaster]

My mother's side of the family goes back to the Hapsburg's (Royal Family of Austria) I did some reading up on it once years ago.... They were not very good people.

[my73charger]

On my mother's side my great grandmother married into Doc Holiday's family.  My mom always said that Doc Holiday was great gramma Holiday's brother-in-law, not sure.  Someday I will try and trace it down.  Also, my aunt on my dad's side has been doing a family lineage and she says we are direct decendents of one of the Kings of Finland.  My dad's mom was full blooded Fin from the old country and she spoke Finnish fluently right up to the day she died.

[mikepmcs]

John Kennedy was pretty cool. Seems to have been a good man, He died 3 years before I was born, but on the same day.

You and I were born on the same exact day and year.

Oh and I don't have any famous relatives as far as I know, never really heard or asked, but I have heard my lineage on my pops side is linked to the IRA. Don't know if that's famous or infamous, LOL.
My pops cousin(Jimmy McSweeney) turned down a shot at pitching for the Yankees a long time ago to become a priest, then quit that 10 years later.

v/r
Mike

[PocketThunder]

Freshman year of college I spent a night in the sack with Liz Rather, her uncle is Dan Rather.  Does that count? 

[RD]

My wife is related to the Hancock family name. As in John Hancock signature. Myself, my cousin was a hockey player for the Canadian team long time ago, Danny Ungius other cousin was married to a California Angel baseball player, don't rem' his name, he was a jerk from what I rem' as a teenager, 24 years ago.
Mark

your wife and I are related.  distant cousins I suppose.  My last name is Hancock.

[george68hemirr]

how about this.....Robert [Bobby] Denerio the actor is my neighbor...not a bad guy...never invited us over for a drink though

[MOPARHOUND!]

Direct descendant of George Washington's grandfather, on his mother's side.


   

[bull]

Freshman year of college I spent a night in the sack with Liz Rather, her uncle is Dan Rather.  Does that count? 

Depends on whether or not you knocked her up I guess.

[Irisharse]

I think I'm related to the caveman on that Geico commercial

[MichaelRW]

I think I'm related to the gecko on the Geico commercial.

[71ChallengeHer]

how about this.....Robert [Bobby] Denerio the actor is my neighbor...not a bad guy...never invited us over for a drink though

My daughter meet him when she was in Meet The Parents. She said he is very distant. But that is cool he's your neighbor.

[Mean 318]

I had some sort of cousin at the Boston tea party...
The founder of boyscouts! Thats awesome! He is responsable for so much! I wish I could thank him! He was a great man!

Wait, I thought I had heard he was gay.....   

[chargerboy69]

Rock Hudson is my third cousin. . .And in case anyone is wandering, I am happily married. 


To a woman. .

[bull]

Rock Hudson is my third cousin. . .And in case anyone is wandering, I am happily married. 


To a woman. .

Not all who wander are lost.

[tomonty]

Not directly related to anyone famous, but my grandparents(RIP) were really good friends with Chris Farley's parents. Extremely shocked as a teenager to go to my grandparents house and see a christmas card from the Farley's. Chris was on Saturday Night Live at the time and I was a big fan. Sadly never got to me him though.

[Neal_J]

My wife's doctor is the father of Adam Duritz, lead singer of Counting Crows.

[NYCMille]

Nope.

[Orange_Crush]

I am related this chick by direct lineage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuela_Saenz

She was the illegitimate daughter of my great great grandfather.  My family does not claim her because

1.  She was illegitimate

and

2.  Because she was not of pure spanish blood.

[Old Moparz]

I am related this chick by direct lineage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuela_Saenz

She was the illegitimate daughter of my great great grandfather.  My family does not claim her because

1.  She was illegitimate

and

2.  Because she was not of pure spanish blood.

I believe you, she looks like she's got a ton of back hair unless that's a shadow. 

[Orange_Crush]

I am related this chick by direct lineage:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuela_Saenz

She was the illegitimate daughter of my great great grandfather.  My family does not claim her because

1.  She was illegitimate

and

2.  Because she was not of pure spanish blood.

I believe you, she looks like she's got a ton of back hair unless that's a shadow. 

Back hair is a sign of nobility!

[BB1]

I'm related to Britney Spears, but only in hair style. 

[Charger74]

I'm related to Britney Spears, but only in hair style. 

HEHE, so am I in that respect.  But then again, I think she just copied us....

[CaptMarvel]

Here goes: William Jennings Bryan, Teddy Roosevelt (not FDR though thank heavens!), Oliver Wendall Holmes, little known character actor during the 40s-60's; Ernest Truex (played in Twilight Zone among others), also my family is related by marriage to Pocahontas (through her husband Rolfe) and my G,G, grandfather, David Nelson was in the calvary regiment that was under the command of Gen. Grierson when he took them deep into confederate territory (Griersons raid- it insired the John Wayne movie; the Horse Soldiers) Several others that Im forgetting Im sure....
Aint genealogy cool?...