Are you related to anyone famous?

[TheSaint250]

I'm always interested in learning about ancestry, especially in relation to finding famous ancestors.

Surprised I haven't seen a topic like this on here.

The ancestor that I know of who was the closest to famous was someone who I can't find searching for his name: Josef Geng. I only found out about him through family members.

Apparently, Geng was one of the leaders of a farmers' revolt that fought against church taxes, serfdom, and war in the Austrian Empire. The revolt was defeated, and his punishment was that he was forced to build a wall in Timisoara, a city in modern-day Romania.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

My great-grandmother's maiden name was Sinatra. One night, the familia had the chance to encounter "Uncle Frank" after a performance and it appears his people knew the same people as their people back in the Old Country.

[TheSaint250]

My great-grandmother's maiden name was Sinatra. One night, the familia had the chance to encounter "Uncle Frank" after a performance and it appears his people knew the same people as their people back in the Old Country.

That's pretty awesome

[The Dowager Mod]

William Whipple.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

My maternal family is directly descended from Benjamin Franklin's family.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

My first cousin once removed is a world-renowned fashion designer

[Since I'm the mad scientist proclaimed by myself]

Considering that I have a significant amount of Mormon blood, I'm probably at least somewhat related to a bunch of Mormon officeholders.

[Phony Moderate]

Not blood relation, but we have half-baked reasons to believe that one of my cousins is the great-granddaughter of Albert Speer.

On a related (mind the pun) note, my paternal grandfather shared an office with James Callaghan during the 1930s.

[Crumpets]

I'm related Declaration of Independence signer John Hart (I think he's my 7th great-uncle) and his grandfather Edward Hart, author of the Flushing Remonstrance, the first declaration of religious freedom in what would become the US.

Outside of blood relatives, my cousin's dad/my aunt's ex-husband is a relative of Amelia Earhart.

[Kamala]

I know I'm a Sayyid despite not being Muslim - well, technically a Mirza, since it's from my mother's side, from India. Maybe a real Sayyid as well, since after all, Queen Elizabeth is a descendant of Muhammad, so my Scottish-anscestry father's side may also have a Spanish Umayyad anscestor.

[Mr. Smith]

I'm distantly related to the Udall line.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I'm distantly related to Anderson Cooper (through Gloria Vanderbilt, his mother) and Governor Howard Dean.

[Mike Thick]

I'm a distant relative of DNI and former Indiana Senator Dan Coats, if I remember correctly.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

Adam and Eve.

[Lord Admirale]

After doing research, my bloodline is strangely southern. My grandma was born in Georgia during the depression, however was given up for adoption as a child and was adopted by a New York City family.

Tracing back, dozens of my ancestors fought in the civil war... for the Confederacy. I was able to find out one relative was a Confederate Colonel who was wounded at the Battle of Mannassass (hope I spelled that right). The others I have not been able to find info on engagements, but I was able to find out that they were very poor; most of them being postmen or railroad workers.

Go investigate even further, and my lines converge to those of Robert E. Lee.

I never expected this. At all.

[dead0man]

just a bunch of farmers and soldiers, I'm sure if you go back far enough there is somebody with a wiki page, but I don't know who it is.

[GoTfan]

I have a distant relation to the Chappell brothers, and an even more distant one to the Kennedys.

[RINO Tom]

Nope, haha.  My sister was the starting goalie for Butler Soccer as a sophomore, but that's about it!

[RINO Tom]

Nope, haha.  My sister was the starting goalie for Butler Soccer as a sophomore, but that's as close as I've gotten!

[Enduro]

My ancestors shared land with Thomas Jefferson, apparently.

[TheSaint250]

Actually there is possibly one more for me: Einstein. My great uncle apparently claimed he was related to us but could never prove it. Would be funny if it turned out to be true

[This account no longer in use.]

I've not done any real genealogical work, but I don't think so.

[Coraxion]

Of course. Like all humans, I am related to the woman called Mitochondrial Eve.

In all seriousness, I don't know. My genetic makeup is mostly but not entirely Amerindian, typical of the Valley of Mexico where my family originates. There aren't many famous people of that lineage, but I am probably distantly related to Moctezuma II and La Malinche.

[fhtagn]

I have relatives on one of those Alaska Wilderness shows.
"The Last Alaskans" on the Discovery Channel.

If there is anyone else, I wouldn't know without really looking into it.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

I've not done any real genealogical work, but I don't think so.