Famous ancestors or relatives

**Anglojew** · 12-16-2012, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by Arthas

The family myth is that we are descended from Horatio Nelson.

Wow, I've been on the Victory. Very cool if it's true.

**~~Caismeachd~~** · 12-16-2012, 02:26 PM

I'm supposedly related to Franklin Pierce but I don't know for certain. My genealogy is pretty clear cut and easy to trace though all the way back to the 1700's at least.

My dad is in the who's who almanac for business a few years in a row and was highly successful as the CEO for the company that developed the software Airports use to book/track flights (it's called sabre). Some people find that to be a big deal but I could care less.

**Anglojew** · 12-16-2012, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by Robert

I'm supposedly related to Franklin Pierce but I don't know for certain. My genealogy is pretty clear cut and easy to trace though all the way back to the 1700's at least.

My dad is in the who's who almanac for business a few years in a row and was highly successful as the CEO for the company that developed the software Airports use to book/track flights (it's called sabre). Some people find that to be a big deal but I could care less.

Excellent. I'll look him up.

**Corvus** · 12-16-2012, 02:32 PM

I think I am directly related to Adolf Hitler.
I know this sounds like a bold statement and many will disagree, but there are some distinct indications.
He is Austrian/German like me and I think we both resemble each other.

**~~Arthas~~** · 12-16-2012, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by Nordlicht

we both resemble each other.

Post a picture?

**Corvus** · 12-16-2012, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by Arthas

Post a picture?

I have posted so many already. Almost everybody has seen me.

**Leon_C** · 12-16-2012, 02:43 PM

nobody worth mention from my knowledge, just a bunch of random English and German peasants.

**derLowe** · 12-16-2012, 02:52 PM

Originally Posted by Arthas

The family myth is that we are descended from Horatio Nelson.

My great grandmother came from the same town as the composer Joseph Haydn and shared the composers surname, however I don't think they were related.

**Smaug** · 12-16-2012, 03:06 PM

I recently found out I have distant connections with Leif Eriksson, King Arthur and Ivan the Terrible.

**ChildOfTheJin** · 12-16-2012, 03:15 PM

I'm descended from Kurds that are famous in my city (Arbil), but not anywhere else.

On my Spanish side, I am descended from my famous Grandmother, the most loving person ever <3 RIP, I never met her though