Most famous relatives of yours

The smallest brother of the monk Paisi of Xilendar(he writed history of the slavs and the bulgars before 300 years)

I had actually taken an interest in my family geneology last year and was suprised to find William Bonney aka "Billy the Kid" as a direct ancestor on my mothers side. Needless to say that this was very exciting for me, as I love old west history and "The Kid" was among the greatest gunslingers in American history and one of the most famous outlaws.

Edited by BMC21113 - 01-Aug-2006 at 12:17

Originally posted by Aelfgifu No need to get personal, Q.... There is not that many people who have a school named after them, even in tiny villages...

No need to get personal, Q.... There is not that many people who have a school named after them, even in tiny villages...

Edited by Aelfgifu - 01-Aug-2006 at 04:39

General resident Nogues. I'm a direct descendant.

My great-grandad was a soldier in the British forces during WW1 and fought in the battle of Ypres where the first gas bombs were used at only 19. He lost his right leg to a shrapnel injury and was discharged for the army in 1918.

On my mother's side I had a grandfather who was brigadier general in the US Civil War and was at most of the early battles.

Also on my mother's side is my Great Grandfather Hank Rigney who was a sportscaster, promoter of the Negro Baseball league and was one of the people who consulted Branch Rickey about bringing Jackie Robinson out of the Negro Ball league and into MLB. He was also Jesse Owens promoter after the Olympics and helped the Harlem Globetrotters with their promotions. I never met the man though he died well before I was born.

My father's side remains in obscurity. They just fought in just about every major US conflict up to Vietnam where my father just missed the lottery.

Originally posted by DukeC Originally posted by Dampier I'm indirectly related to William Dampier; http://www.muffley.net/pacific/dampier/dampier.htm Also possibly related to a raft of medieval nutters. And related (very convolutedly) to Henry Morgan; http://www.data-wales.co.uk/morgan.htm   Theres somehting piratical about my family...Avast!   You have some very adventurous ancestors Dampier.

Like everyone else, my family had its share of genealogical pretensions and myths. But a couple of us actually did the genealogy. Coal miners, cartwrights, and soldiers; mostly illiterate, until the 20th century.

Im dont know much about my family history, some of the last names have been anglicised/spelling changed so im unsure.