Are you related to historical figures?

[imashooter2]

Edward Gove, the fomenter of Gove's Rebellion in 1683... He spent 3 years in the Tower of London for high treason after getting drunk and riding into Exeter where he recruited a dozen men to the cause of overthrowing the royal governor of New Hampshire.

 

[OFT II]

Adam and Eve.

Hey, we're related!!!!

 

[olcop]

Related

My great grandmother played the grand piano in a marching band.
Great grandfather didn't mess with her much.
olcop

 

[Maddog 521]

My wife's uncle was involved in inventing the Milwaukee Brace for scoliosis patients.
My cousin's grandson is the center on the Dallas Cowboys.
Go Cowboys

 

[NCTexan]

Yes... Thomas Edison

My wife has done a tremendous about of genealogy work on my family line and traced back my Dutch heritage to 1670 in New York. I had a "many great" grandfather whose first name was Ida with my last name.

The Dutch system of naming often would name the first born male after the father in the fashion of "Bob's Son"... in this case it was "Ida Son" which became Idason and then later Edison. There was a pretty good "paper trail" that shows this.

She had me do the DNA match with the Edison family and it confirms the connection as well.

Now she wants to know why I didn't invent anything to make us rich.

 

[KS1800R]

Wow this is a good thread! I was surprised to see so many replies in such quick fashion!

My heritage was traced back ultimately to Scotland and France. And no, I'm not sporting the kilt....lol.

 

[Ogandydancer]

William Tecumseh Sherman.

Correct me if I'm wrong but, Tecumseh is an Indian name is it not?

 

[gregintenn]

Correct me if I'm wrong but, Tecumseh is an Indian name is it not?

Yes. I believe he made lawnmower engines.

http://www.tecumsehpower.com/

 

[NYlakesider]

My mother’s side of the family has been traced back as far as the early 1700s by my cousin (England)

Only about 20 years back I found out that many of the family took off to Canada during the revolution. They left from the Schoharie Valley area of upstate NY and snuck back after all the nastiness were over.

Long before that I knew that one of my long dead ancestors (General Thomas Gage) was a well know Brit General that got his butt kicked quite well during the revolution.

 

[dougb1946]

My wifes' family is DAR/SAR and have a long line of upstanding citizens.

Several generations back, uncle Willy was a WW2 ace. He got 3 Spitfires, 2 Hurricanes, a Beaufort bomber and several others. We don't mention him often.

 

[BearBio]

My paternal grandmother was a Busch (Bush and Busch are the same families long ago==one was Catholic and one was Protestant) and an Anhauser. Distantly related to George Bush (my grandma's spelling). Family goes back to defenders of Martin Luther in Austria.

Maternal grandmother is a Brady and a Kelly: Irish/Cherokee and Irish/Chickasaw. Kelly is the largest family/clan in Ireland and Brady is one of the five High Clans (We have our own Bean sidh (Pronounced "van-shee")). Related to Matthew Brady the photographer. According to Frank James, there were two Bradys who rode with Quantrill during the Border Wars (at least one was captured and hung). Numerous Kellys served under Stand Watie, the Cherokee General and who was the last Confederate general to surrender. Also, one great aunt, Almira, emigrated from Australia and was related to Ned Kelly, the Australian outlaw.

 

[Old TexMex]

John W. "Bet a Million" Gates. Barbed wire, steel mills, railroads, Port Arthur, Texas and the reason the anti trust laws were written. A robber baron of the first water.
Notable People - John W. Gates

 

[captorquewrench]

I'm related to the Jesse and Frank James.

 

[indiandave]

I'm a direct descendant Of the Scottish poet Robert Burns. I may be a poet, but I just don't know it.

 

[halvenut]

My maternal Great Grandmother was related ( first cousins) to both Frank and Jesse James as well as Bob Ford the killer of Jesse James. She was a James that married a Ford. My oldest Brother is into genealogy and has the roots traced back into the 1600s. It makes for some very interesting reading.

 

[Papa32129]

I might be related to the royal family of Monaco.
My wife is related to the Ingalls


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[zeke]

Am related to anyone with the same last name. Fore fathers were organ makers in England, them real big whole end of the church organs that ended up in several countries. A county in Texas also carries the family name.

 

[williamlayton]

I can't talk about most of my ancestors--it is impolite and dangerous.
However; I have traced the Close's back to about 1620 in the US of A .
Somewhere along the line I have a touch of sub-Saharan genes.
Blessings

 

[Jinglebob]

The public ceremony in which my distinguished ancestor participated and at which the platform collapsed under him turned out to be a hanging.

 

[rock doc]

King Robert the Bruce of Scotland by marriage. Does that count?