Famous relatives

[Old Crank]

I joined Family Search, nonpaying, quite a few years ago. Just got an email talking about cousins.
I have one in Australia. No real surprise there since most of my lineage comes from GB.

Anyway they have a link for me of famous relatives. The closest one is Winston Churchill. 6th cousin 3 times removed. I'm not sure how accurate my family tree is back more than my great grandparents. But I'll take it. Seems I'm related to Lincoln and Booker T Washington, 7th cousins 5 times removed. FDR also. One side of my family tree had the father live in the US pre revolution and then moved to Canada with teh others.

In theory I have a closer relative in John Wayne, 9th cousin than QEII 12th cousin. Fun to see the list for what ever value or accuracy it is.

[Norrrm]

1. Most important... are you in the will?

We all have a king and a horse thief somewhere back there.

[quaint]

2. Not actually,

but possibly an emir and a camel thief. 😋

[jfz9580m]

3. "We all have a king and a horse thief somewhere back there."

I found a matriarch on my dad’s side on Friday March 7 6, 2026, for inspiration .

Apparently she was a grim old bird and all the men around were terrified of her. I would have liked her. Though it sounds like everyone feared her.

My dad’s oldest sister is probably the most famous person in our immediate family. She was an animal geneticist and an order of Canada awardee.

She was kind of a role model and always encouraged me to pursue science. Strange to think now that I have skipped a generation back to find a female role model more fitting for our regressive times..

It kinda fits..the fall of Roe v Wade surprised me less than most given what I saw bts.

[Norrrm]

5. A friend, 85, found that her grandmother was a madam of a brothel (maybe g-gm)

Trump's grandfather ran a brothel.
Her family members are hard core Trumpers.
D'ya suppose there is a logical, if not blood, relationship there?

[jfz9580m]

6. LOL..cultural?

Well..we have differences in how we view survival and evolution I have noticed, between the left and the right.

My family has what I have seen referred to as “education genes”. We have been shrinking in number and I am the last in my line, because women generally choose stem or other higher education and have few to no children. And it would be considered a demeaning thing to sell oneself..to fail and sort of fade away into genteel poverty so to speak would be acceptable, but not even metaphorical self prostitution/dependence on a male. Ours is a relatively rare matriarchal community from Southern India with gender dynamics frequently flipped.

But I think Trump, Musk etc view it as survival in women to “catch a wealthy” husband and be kept. It is a weird embrace of a kind of blood and soil animal nature, but bolstered by buggy technology. The buggy technology part is especially confusing. But given their regressive views, it actually tracks that the technology is also all rubbish..Science, facts and reality are generally not their friends.

[Old Crank]

9. I have a feeling that I'm not in the will..

[Old Crank]

4. My daughter's maternal side

had a relative that did all the research to join Sons of the American Revolution.
Turns out she is related to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher.
I trust that line, because of the documentation requirements than the lines I found past my Great grandparents.

[Norrrm]

7. My friend found that spelling was atrocious the further you go back.

Spelling of names would change because literacy and accuracy were not so great back then.

Vito Andolini became Vito Corleone.

[Old Crank]

8. Turns out I have a German relative

The last name was Fyle, When he moved to teh US and married his kids were named File.
My daughters polish grandfather went from Avbrum to Abraham.

Fun stuff. English spelling for stuff have changed over the years also.