Most famous relatives of yours
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Topic: Most famous relatives of yours
Posted By: Tobodai
Subject: Most famous relatives of yours
Date Posted: 12-May-2006 at 22:31
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Any historical figures you are certain you are related to? Warm fuzzy families from across time? Heres my fuzzy wuzzy ancestor who I am directly descended from, Phillip Sheridan. Im quite happy of course given his statements comparing hell favorablly with Texas and his destruction of the south with cavalry. This is the Irish part of my family and as far as I know he was the first ancestor of mine on that side of the family born in the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan
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Posted By: Maziar
Date Posted: 12-May-2006 at 23:11
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My very first historical relative was "oomba boomba"
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Posted By: DukeC
Date Posted: 16-May-2006 at 16:37
My Great x4 Grandfather Andrew MacAskill was first cousin to the "Cape Breton Giant" Angus MacAskill. Andrew was a tiny 6'8".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_MacAskill - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_MacAskill
Mockup of 7'9" Angus and Tom Thumb
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Posted By: Dampier
Date Posted: 16-May-2006 at 18:49
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I'm indirectly related to William Dampier; http://www.muffley.net/pacific/dampier/dampier.htm - 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 - http://www.data-wales.co.uk/morgan.htm
Theres somehting piratical about my family...Avast! ------------- 
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Posted By: DukeC
Date Posted: 16-May-2006 at 20:13
You have some very adventurous ancestors Dampier. ------------- |
Posted By: Balaam
Date Posted: 16-May-2006 at 20:21
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Im related to Ned Kelly, My dad knows the family line in which we are connected but I dont so he is all I've got to go on. |
Posted By: Frederick Roger
Date Posted: 17-May-2006 at 15:16
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Franco -
Closest Historical Figure related to me, on my mother's side, although he might not be known to the majority of you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Franco
Also, a very old and very dim connection to Edward I of England. ------------- |
Posted By: Paul
Date Posted: 17-May-2006 at 17:01
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The Earls of Delvin and later Westmeath who fought Cromwell and later destinguished themselves at the Boyne ------------- Light blue touch paper and stand well back http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk - http://www.maquahuitl.co.uk http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk - http://www.toltecitztli.co.uk |
Posted By: JJAnderson
Date Posted: 17-May-2006 at 17:18
| Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry was my Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather. |
Posted By: Dawn
Date Posted: 18-May-2006 at 09:43
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Anne Seawell of black beauty fame but it is through marriage. She is my husbands great great great aunt or something like that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Sewell - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Sewell ------------- |
Posted By: Ponce de Leon
Date Posted: 18-May-2006 at 21:51
Well, I really am actually related to the guy I named myself after. Because one of my last names (many last names because in Latin America we try to remember all of them thru marriage) is actually "Ponce de Leon"
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Posted By: The Charioteer
Date Posted: 23-May-2006 at 00:07
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Han-Chinese regard themselves to be "scions of Yellow emperor and Fire emperor"．
My mother belong to the Zhang clan, whos ancestor Hui was the grandson
of Huang Di(Yellow emperor)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang
Hui
 Hui is said to be the inventor of Chinese bow, he crushed rebellion of GongGong clan, helped HuaXia civilization under leadership of Zhuan Xu(Hui's cousin) to be dominant in China. His son Diku suceeded Zhuan Xu as leader of HuaXia.
My paternal ancestor came from ShanDong province, belong to the Jiang clan, ruling household of ancient Qi
state during "Spring&Autumn"． http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_%28state%29 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_%28state%29
Jiang Shang(Zi Ya)
  The land of Qi was rewarded to Jiang Zi Ya as fiefdom, whos guardian minister of first king of Zhou dynasty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Ziya - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Ziya
Jiang Xiao Bai
 under Lord Huan, Jiang Xiao Bai's reign, Qi state became first chief state during "Spring&Autumn"．
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Huan_of_Qi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Huan_of_Qi
Wall carving of Han dynasty depicting the Lord of Huan of Qi and his able minister Guan Zhong
 Lord Huan of Qi(right) and minister Guan Zhong(left) from TV series
 Yan di(Fire emperor)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Di - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Di
Jiang clan is the descendant of Fire emperor
  Wall carving of Han dynasty depicting Yan di(shennong)
 beside Jiang clan, many other clans regard the Fire emperor as the ancestor too
paying homage to the ancestor Yan di
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Posted By: wefone90
Date Posted: 23-May-2006 at 04:02
| I came from the Gao clan, probably related to the Gao Yi or something. |
Posted By: Lord Ranulf
Date Posted: 24-May-2006 at 09:24
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Dag Jennssen.......a mercenary Captain fighting for Christain the IV of Denmark in the Thirty Years War......he was killed fighting in the battle of Lutter (Barenberge) 27 Aug 1626 ------------- |
Posted By: ulrich von hutten
Date Posted: 24-May-2006 at 09:35
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Gundmundur Einarsson *1945 ,left his house in kevlavik at march 05th 1992 only to come back 6 hours later....see http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9745 - http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9745 ------------- 
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Posted By: John the Kern
Date Posted: 24-May-2006 at 13:57
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Not any specific people, but my irish tribe is a tribe that raided Britain and Wales in the 5th century, yay im a sea pirate lol , my mums Dutch ancestry is mostly farming, but i trace my line through my father, so bugger the crops lets go raiding ------------- My peoples tale is written in blood |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 09:36
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my second knee cousin Barbora Kuklova played basketball for St.Joseph/Philly
I traced my family back to 1620. They were all farmers, nothing special.
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Posted By: xi_tujue
Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 09:43
i think to most central asian it's genghis khan that dude has over 16 milion descendents right now  ------------- I rather be a nomadic barbarian than a sedentary savage |
Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 04-Jun-2006 at 11:22
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There is [ i think it's still there] a statue of one of my relatives somewhere in Charleston West Virginia. A certain Capt. Lee[don't remember 1st name] He is so honored because of his heroic actions in battle of Gettysburg. He captured, singlehanded, 136 confederates, armed only with a single shot rifle. [ Anyone see where this going yet? ] So impressed was the Army that they gave him a battlefield commission from priv. to capt. and sent him home a hero to raise another regiment.
In truth the man had just been thru horrendous combat and had seen 70% of his unit wiped out and he was headed home! In the process he encountered a group of confederates doing the same thing. After some fireside discussion it was decided that the only way to keep from getting shot as deserters was for him to take them prisoner. When he objected he was made aware this, was an offer he couldn't refuse. When the Northern press got a hold of the story it went right out with him as hero. The Army seeing an opportunity to use him as a recruitment tool went along with it.
Story as told by "Capt. Lee" to my Grandfather, ca. 1925 ------------- "Arguing with someone who hates you or your ideas, is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter what move you make, your opponent will walk all over the board and scramble the pieces". Unknown. |
Posted By: Kapikulu
Date Posted: 05-Jun-2006 at 06:21
Oh,so you are quite royal  ------------- We gave up your happiness Your hope would be enough; we couldn't find neither; we made up sorrows for ourselves; we couldn't be consoled; A Strange Orhan Veli |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 05-Jun-2006 at 19:52
Im not sure but my granpa once talked of a small (itsy bitsy  ) connection to Baltacı Mehmet Pasha of the Ottoman Empire.
Also, again not sure, based on my aunt's research, to the khans of Crimea on my dad's side and possibly to the khans of the Golden Horde on both(ya at least 7 generations apart ). The "not sure" part is due to the destruction of most official documents and the forgetfulness of the people due to the Great Purge of Stalin  ...------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 06-Jun-2006 at 07:22
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Braxton Bragg Comer, a former Governor of Alabama. :/ ------------- |
Posted By: Dari
Date Posted: 08-Jun-2006 at 04:49
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My uncle on my father's side of our family in Iran; his brother. He was the governor-general of Shiraz from the early 60's till the Shah's reign was ended in 1979's.
And perhaps a small connection also on my mother's side to Nadir Shah...not sure though.
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Dari is a pimp master |
Posted By: mico5bei
Date Posted: 14-Jun-2006 at 02:25
| Adam and eve |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 14-Jun-2006 at 06:13
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Im dont know much about my family history, some of the last names have been anglicised/spelling changed so im unsure.
But sometimes internet sites tell me my last name is an ashkenazi Jewish one, i doubt it though.
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Posted By: Bonaparte
Date Posted: 14-Jun-2006 at 10:39
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Sir Francis Drake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Drake
Also some vikings, but I don't think any famous ones. Im also half chinese but not too much is known about that side of my family.
------------- "The theory is not the practice of war." "It is not for an event to govern politics, but for politics to govern events." -Napoleon Bonaparte |
Posted By: edgewaters
Date Posted: 14-Jun-2006 at 22:02
| 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. |
Posted By: Menumorut
Date Posted: 15-Jun-2006 at 11:14
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My great-grandfather was the stable man of Ferdinand I King of Romania.
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Posted By: Dampier
Date Posted: 20-Jun-2006 at 08:30
And we still are actually, much of my family is in the media travelling the world at various times, I have huge numbers of Australian kin and I'm currently about 2/3 of the way through visiting every country in Europe- mostly just the Eastern portions to go. -------------
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Posted By: Mitze
Date Posted: 25-Jun-2006 at 15:20
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My closest relative ho is famous is Iuliu Maniu, a romanian politician.
He diedm at Sighetu Marmatiei in 1946, killed by the Securitatea, irony makes it that my Grand_phater was a solider in the Securitatea in the Charpatian Mountains against the anti-comi guerillas!
Salut from Trannsylvania
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Posted By: vizigothe
Date Posted: 02-Jul-2006 at 00:43
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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. |
Posted By: Gargoyle
Date Posted: 22-Jul-2006 at 14:29
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Amongst others, Gargoyle is related to the following.....  Francois Hannibal d'Estrees (b1573-d1670) Duke d'Estrees and Marechal of France.
Francois de Vendome, Duke de Beaufort. (b1616-d1669)
Jean d'Estrees II (b1624-d1707) Comte d'Estrees, Vice Admiral and Marechal of France.
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Posted By: QueenCleopatra
Date Posted: 31-Jul-2006 at 15:41
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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. ------------- Her Royal Highness , lady of the Two Lands, High Priestess of Thebes, Beloved of Isis , Cleopatra , Oueen of the Nile |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 31-Jul-2006 at 16:21
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My great grandfather from fathers side was a member of the village council and headmaster of the Catholic school. Both the Catholic school and a street in the village are named after him.
Too bad the village is only about 6000 inhabitants.... ------------- 
Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears. |
Posted By: Exarchus
Date Posted: 31-Jul-2006 at 17:47
General resident Nogues. I'm a direct descendant. ------------- Vae victis! |
Posted By: Quetzalcoatl
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 00:31
Hehehehe, very impressive and famous ... at a village level. ------------- |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 03:58
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No need to get personal, Q.... There is not that many people who have a school named after them, even in tiny villages... -------------
Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears. |
Posted By: The Chargemaster
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 05:32
In fact, in Bulgaria, a village with 6000 villagers is a VERY BIG village. The normal numbers in Bulgaria are around 200 - 900 villagers nowadays. Villages with more than 1000 villagers are rare here. ------------- |
Posted By: Quetzalcoatl
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 06:26
6000 is more like a tiny town or big village, give credit where it's due. Common, having a school name after a person is a major accomplishment, be it at a village level or city level.
I was not dissing ye olde man. ------------- |
Posted By: Aelfgifu
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 07:04
Well, the Netherlands have a population density of 483 persons per square kilometer, in the area where I live it is 1100-5700 persons per square kilometer. So 6000 is a pretty small village...
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Women hold their councils of war in kitchens: the knives are there, and the cups of coffee, and the towels to dry the tears. |
Posted By: BMC21113
Date Posted: 01-Aug-2006 at 12:14
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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. ------------- "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace"-George Washington "The art of war is, in the last result, the art of keeping one's freedom of action."-Xenophon |
Posted By: Theodore Felix
Date Posted: 04-Aug-2006 at 00:59
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The guy near the front on horseback is my great Grandfather, Tefik Pilkati. Leading an regiment near the Albanian city of Korca in an insurrection against the Ottoman Empire. |
Posted By: Great Khan
Date Posted: 06-Sep-2006 at 13:16
| The smallest brother of the monk Paisi of Xilendar(he writed history of the slavs and the bulgars before 300 years) |