I’m a descendant, on my mother’s side, of one of Nicholas II’s physicians…
My chemistry teacher’s dad was one of the guys who loaded Fat Man onto the Enola Gay…
hehehe, that’s it for me, how about you guys?
Is this the " 6 Degrees of . . .?" I think I’ll stay out of this one.
Pres James Monroe, Sir Robert Hillman (a real knight!), one of William the Conqueror’s (William the 1st) squires.
My chem teacher was an Avenger pilot, my music teacher was a B-24 tail gunner.
I think that’s all
Lady Godiva is a relative of mine (I can prove it too) -Hot diggity dawg[:D][:p][:D]
2 different site superintendants that I had the pleasure of working with were LRRP’s and another was a Green Beret. Hours of stories and cases of beer with those guys.[^][xx(][^]
My Mothers cousin was Dizzy Dean, the famous base ball player and anouncer. My Uncle on my Fathers side was an Ace in WW ll, with six kills. He also got one kill in Korea.
A pilot, who I was stationed with and flew my aircraft many times, later became the second American to walk in space.
My mother’s second cousin was Hollywood star Patricia Wymore, who married Errol Flynn, an equally famous Hollywood actor (from Tasmania as well).
Cheers,
LeeTree
On my mother’s father’s side, I am somehow related to Wild Bill Cody, a famous outlaw.
Lee
my great uncle was a French Communist Resistance regional leader in WW2. He later testified at Klaus Barbie’s trial.
My next door neighbor knows a guy who’s brother had a friend who had an uncle who went to church with a girl who once dated a guy who used to be in the air force (maybe it was the navy, i’m a little fuzzy on this fact) with another guy who used to deliver newspapers to an old man who said he had a sister who once was sitting on a bus next to a person who claimed to be a distant relative of a chemistry teacher who saw Lady Godiva and a fat man riding around in the Enola Gay. If I’m not mistaken I believe this happened in Tasmania.
Bet you’re all envious of me now!
My uncle’s cousin is television actress Victoria Principal.
What does that make me?
Cool?
And he’s never introduced me to her once!!
Well, as famous individuals go, I can’t say that I know if I’m related to anyone of particular prominence, though my maternal great grandfather was the black sheep of a prominent Irish family, was disinherited and left Ireland for Canada.
However…
Both sides of my family, have, or have had, places in Canada named after them:
There’s a town in Ontario, not far from our national capital of Ottawa, currently called Appleton, several years ago it was known as Teskeyville. Named after my mother’s side of the family, the Teskeys.
Further East, in our maritime province of Nova Scotia, is a place called Vogler’s Cove, named after my father’s side, the Voglers.
Its interesting in a way when you think that there were enough of you in one place at one time to name it after you.
Had a history teacher once that was a Korean War vet, he never told us what he did there, he didn’t like to talk about it. He was well past retirement age when we got him as a teacher, said he kept teaching because it kept his mind off his memories for a good chunk of every day.
My turn. 50’s movie actress Lana Turner is supposed to be a 6th cousin. I served under WW2 Marine ace Marion Carl. In Dayton, I flew in a replica 1910 Wright Flyer with a Navy dive bomber pilot. My son is a movie production assistant and has been to Gary Busy’s house many times. He also worked with Lorenzo Llamas and Jon Voigt. I feel my fingers slipping away.
I think I know your neighbor! [:p]
Jerry
I went to high school with Dale Earnhardt.
Gip Winecoff
My late uncle, Bob Miller, was no one of any fame, but was in one of the lower handling rooms aboard the light cruiser Atlanta during the night battle of November 12-13, 1942 off Guadalcanal [:(] and survived. [:D] That’s famous enough for me! To hear him tell about that night, with multiple hits from Japanese torpedos and large calibre hits from both Japanese and American ships, It must have been a nightmare. [xx(]
Pete
My wife is a distant cousin to Robert E. Lee. I have not chased enough of my side to see if I am related to anyone famous. I think the closets is my Great Grand Uncle is the Godfather to Dustin Hoffman. Dustin is named after him.
My father flew a B-24 on the raid of the Ploesti oil fields in Romania, Operation Tidal Wave. He may not have been famous, but everyone who went on that mission is deserving of mention.
My father-in-law is a Pearl Harbor Survivor. Was serving on the USS Aylwin (DD-355) on the morning of Dec 7. He said the torpedo that got the Utah went across their bow. He’s 85 years old now and is planning on going to Pearl Harbor this December for the first time in 62 years.
Gip Winecoff
PS Like Pixilater, I think that ALL our WWII vets deserve mentioning–maybe even a hug, a handshake, and a big “Thank You”.
Stop grasping at straws,Jerry.
You’re just trying to take a free ride on the Glory Train and you know it!..[:(!]
My Great Grandmother was Amelia Earhart’s cousin.
And my High School choir leader was nephew to Dom DeLuise.
DJ