Famous ancestors or relatives

[Beowulf]

Im Related with John Rastell from my main English side in my Family Rastall/Rastell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rastell

[Richmondbread]

I'm 9th cousins with Wayne Newton, and possibly related to Patsy Cline as well.

[Beowulf]

Pedro Fernando Tavira y Almazán

Tavira and Almazán, Pedro Fernando de . Albaladejo (Ciudad Real), c. 1742 – Madrid, 22.VI.1812. Knight of the Order of Carlos III, secretary of the Chamber of Grace, Justice and Royal Board of Aragon.

Son of Andrés Vicente Tavira, a native of the town of Iznatoraf in La Mancha, and Águeda de Almazán, a native of the town of Beas. His paternal grandparents were Antonio Ibáñez Tavira, a native of Iznatoraf, and Isabel López Manjón, a native of the same town. His maternal grandparents were Pedro Almazán and Quiteria Yáñez Fernández Llavero, both from Beas.

His full brother was Antonio Jerónimo Tavira y Almazán, baptized in Iznatoraf (October 5, 1737), Knight of the Order of Santiago (1761), Bishop of the Canary Islands (1791), Bishop of Osma (1796) and Bishop of Salamanca (1798). .

He was named a pensioner knight of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Carlos III (September 28, 1799) and his tests were approved shortly after (November 11, 1799), after which he made his profession (November 22, 1799).

Dedicated from his youth to the exercise of papers, he was assigned to the employment of eighth officer of the Secretary of State and the Office of Grace and Justice of Spain (February 25, 1780) and there he followed the entire regular course, rising to seventh officer ( November 25, 1785), to sixth officer (August 25, 1786), to fifth officer (April 24, 1789), to fourth officer (June 19, 1791), to third officer (June 15, 1794) , to second officer (September 6, 1795), to more recent senior officer (June 24, 1798) and to senior senior officer (January 13, 1799). Finally, and already with the title of royal secretary with the exercise of decrees (October 10, 1786), he was appointed secretary of the Chamber of Grace and Justice and Royal Board of Trustees of the Chamber of Aragon (1803),

He would die four years after the entry of the French troops into Villa y Corte, where he had lived in house no. May 1808), and was secretly buried in the parish church of San Martín in Madrid, after which his widow would make her will before the notary public Santiago de Estepar (August 18, 1813).

He married in Madrid, in the private oratory that the Marquis de Salas had in his house on Calle de Fuencarral (February 18, 1786), with María Teresa Josefa Cayetana Juana de Acosta Montealegre, born in Santiago de Chile (April 19, 1771) and baptized in her parish church in Santa Ana (April 20, 1771), daughter of Antonio de Acosta y Godoy, Marquis de Salas, native of Malaga, secretary of the Governor of the Kingdom of Chile Antonio Guill y Gonzaga, and Margarita de Montealegre, native of Madrid, died under power to testate granted in Villa y Corte (June 24, 1789). The following nine children were born from this union: María Antonia de Tavira y Acosta; Agustín de Tavira y Acosta, born in Madrid (September 4, 1789), Knight of the Order of Carlos III (1824), royal secretary with the exercise of decrees and official of the first Secretary of State; Josefa de Tavira y Acosta; Leocadia de Tavira and Acosta; Pedro Fernando de Tavira y Acosta, a native of Madrid, Knight of the Order of Santiago (1857); Salvador de Tavira y Acosta, born in Aranjuez (April 10, 1803), knight of the Order of Carlos III (1837) and ambassador to the Republic of Chile; María Teresa de Tavira y Acosta, of the Order of Noble Ladies of Queen María Luisa (1846), married to Juan Fernández del Pino y Osorio-Calvache, Count of Pinofiel (II); Felipe de Tavira y Acosta, born in Madrid, Knight of the Order of Santiago (1835); and María de la Natividad de Tavira y Acosta, born posthumously in Madrid (September 15, 1812).

https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/120603...vira-y-almazan

[Laly]

There is for ex., among my family members, Saint Jan Berchmans. He is a jesuit scholastic from the XVIIth century.



There are several churches dedicated to him, including this one, in Rome, the city where he died and I have visited it:



One of the sisters of my grand-mother, who was a Benedictine nun, wrote a book on him:

[Jingle Bell]

A branch of my mother is descendant of the family "Uzeda y Luna" or "Uzeda Ayala", thats is related to:

Pedro Martínez de Luna y Pérez de Gotor, the Pope of Luna, the "Anti-pope".

Dom Bacalla de Luna, noble and knight of Aragon

García Sánchez III of Pamplona

And very distantly related to Queen Elizabeth of UK

[Kazimiera]

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Let's not forget our shared ancestor, King Cerdic of Wessex with the wild hair!

[Anglo-Celtic]

My grandpa is a second cousin of Tennessee Ernie Ford, my grandma is a half cousin of June Carter Cash and her sisters, my other grandpa is a distant cousin of Patsy Cline, and my other grandma claimed to be a distant cousin of JFK. We're probably distantly related to George C. Scott too, but the only famous person I "met" was Stephen King because I almost bumped into him when I walked out of a college restroom.

[Andullero]

According to 23andMe, I have the same paternal haplo as the Irish king Niall of the Nine Hostages (Niall Noígíallach) and the Angevin kings, while my maternal haplo was shared by Nelson Mandela.

[Anglo-Celtic]

possibly related to Patsy Cline as well.

I'm related to her too. We might be seventh cousins.

[Flashball]

Famous ancestors, not really.
Some branches of my family come from the bourgeoisie and nobility of the North of France, including the Parenty family, but this is not "famous" in the modern sens.



If we have to find a distant relationship: I have ancestors in common with Robespierre, Bizet and other people.