People you're related to who did notable things

Kayla · Post by **Kayla** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:50 pm

eh , true

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:58 pm

Kayla wrote:if it was 27th youd have to go back to like 500 A.D. so i doubt that

If you go back to 500 A.D., I'm related to every single European, North African, and Mesoamerican.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:12 pm

I think some poeple who will remain nameless Kayla and Jamie have been taking this to the extreme by saying pretty much anybody they can with even the most remote type of affiliation to them. I believe that that is taking it a bit to the extreme and nobody has time to sift through all that. But, not only did they say almost everybody they can, the told us exactly who they were. I mean honestly, I think if they are notable, and we don't know who they are, we can just google the name.

Jamie · Post by **Jamie** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:17 pm

hecter wrote:I think some poeple who will remain nameless Kayla and Jamie have been taking this to the extreme by saying pretty much anybody they can with even the most remote type of affiliation to them. I believe that that is taking it a bit to the extreme and nobody has time to sift through all that. But, not only did they say almost everybody they can, the told us exactly who they were. I mean honestly, I think if they are notable, and we don't know who they are, we can just google the name.

I copied and pasted. Do you really think I would take the time to type all that out.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:21 pm

I copied and pasted. Do you really think I would take the time to type all that out.

No, I know your not that sad.

Kid_A · Post by **Kid_A** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:29 pm

well like i said, Gene Roddenberry is close on my family tree.
actress Hope Lange, although im not sure where exactly.
and my girlfriends father is a hollywood director. however you dont get to know who

but everyone knows his movies

Phobia · Post by **Phobia** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:42 pm

Kid_A wrote:well like i said, Gene Roddenberry is close on my family tree.
actress Hope Lange, although im not sure where exactly.
and my girlfriends father is a hollywood director. however you dont get to know who but everyone knows his movies

and my dad is the american president, but you dont get to know who

give us a clue, like a quote from one of his movies!

Kid_A · Post by **Kid_A** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:45 pm

Phobia wrote:
Kid_A wrote:well like i said, Gene Roddenberry is close on my family tree.
actress Hope Lange, although im not sure where exactly.
and my girlfriends father is a hollywood director. however you dont get to know who but everyone knows his movies

and my dad is the american president, but you dont get to know who

give us a clue, like a quote from one of his movies!

if i give you a quote, you'd just google it.

Phobia · Post by **Phobia** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:46 pm

Kid_A wrote:
Phobia wrote:
Kid_A wrote:well like i said, Gene Roddenberry is close on my family tree.
actress Hope Lange, although im not sure where exactly.
and my girlfriends father is a hollywood director. however you dont get to know who but everyone knows his movies

and my dad is the american president, but you dont get to know who

give us a clue, like a quote from one of his movies!

if i give you a quote, you'd just google it.

oh damn, you got me there

Kid_A · Post by **Kid_A** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:48 pm

Phobia wrote:
Kid_A wrote:
Phobia wrote:
Kid_A wrote:well like i said, Gene Roddenberry is close on my family tree.
actress Hope Lange, although im not sure where exactly.
and my girlfriends father is a hollywood director. however you dont get to know who but everyone knows his movies

and my dad is the american president, but you dont get to know who

give us a clue, like a quote from one of his movies!

if i give you a quote, you'd just google it.

oh damn, you got me there

golilox · Post by **golilox** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:13 pm

By boyfirend got a grammy and mtv nomination, and his music has been on tv and radio all around the world.

My grandfather is a WWII fighter pilot hero, was in the POW camp where the great escape took place. Has a book out called Kiwi Spitfire Ace.

My uncle is a top american scientist who worked out the deal with cloning things. (don't know if i'm so proud of this one).

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:17 pm

My parents once met Rolan Bolan, Marc Bolan's son. That was six months ago.

Phobia · Post by **Phobia** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:23 pm

Stopper wrote:My parents once met Rolan Bolan, Marc Bolan's son. That was six months ago.

oh yeah, my dad has met prince charles, tony blair, etc the question is if you are actually related to famous people.

me and my family havent really researched our family tree, so i dont know

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:26 pm

Phobia wrote:
Stopper wrote:My parents once met Rolan Bolan, Marc Bolan's son. That was six months ago.

oh yeah, my dad has met prince charles, tony blair, etc the question is if you are actually related to famous people.

me and my family havent really researched our family tree, so i dont know

No, Mr Pernickety, the question is, are you related to people who have done notable things. I think meeting Rolan Bolan, Marc Bolan's flesh and blood, is pretty notable. All of my family have met members of the royal family & the government, but none of us consider that in the remotest notable. So there.

Phobia · Post by **Phobia** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:28 pm

Stopper wrote:
Phobia wrote:
Stopper wrote:My parents once met Rolan Bolan, Marc Bolan's son. That was six months ago.

oh yeah, my dad has met prince charles, tony blair, etc the question is if you are actually related to famous people.

me and my family havent really researched our family tree, so i dont know

No, Mr Pernickety, the question is, are you related to people who have done notable things. I think meeting Rolan Bolan, Marc Bolan's flesh and blood, is pretty notable. All of my family have met members of the royal family & the government, but none of us consider that in the remotest notable. So there.

ok then. my apologies.

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 6:43 pm

Phobia wrote:
Stopper wrote:No, Mr Pernickety, the question is, are you related to people who have done notable things. I think meeting Rolan Bolan, Marc Bolan's flesh and blood, is pretty notable. All of my family have met members of the royal family & the government, but none of us consider that in the remotest notable. So there.

ok then. my apologies.

Now I feel terrible. I thought I was clearly being sarcastic about the idea of meeting Rolan Bolan being a notable event. I mean, I have nothing against Rolan Bolan, apparently he's a nice chap, and he DID come all the way over from Los Angeles to Yorkshire to host the Marc Bolan function, which was nice. It seemed to give my parents (particularly my Dad :shock:

) a thrill, the way they talked about him. But it's not REALLY no table, or not the way btownmeggy meant, I imagine.

wbar · Post by **wbar** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:06 pm

hmmmm...

on my mom's side I am realated to jesse james

Hitman079 · Post by **Hitman079** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:29 pm

i have this friend in my class whose cousin married corey lidle (the baseball player, who died not so long ago).
i believe that is my only "famous" "relation". i checked ancestry.com and i only have two other relatives in america- some uncle in maine and my own sister who moved out.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:33 pm

My mom knew a nobel prize winner...

pancakemix · Post by **pancakemix** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:33 pm

My GGGGGreat uncle was the tallest soldier to fight in the American civil war.

He met Jefferson Davis!

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:38 pm

I once dreamed that Bill Clinton invited me to his house for Thanksgiving dinner with him, Hillary, and Chelsea. I accepted. It was great.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:40 pm

I dream about VERY different things (and not always about sex too).

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:43 pm

I had a dream where I was in Oz and I was riding a giant hershey's kiss that floated on water and theere were mermaids. Then we (me and a bunch of random people) disembark and go via chariots through a forest, during this trip Barack Obama, who's standing about 5 feet away from me, announces he's running for president, and I'm yelling "No! Stop! Do it later! Nobody will know..." but he ignored me.

Utafar · Post by **Utafar** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:50 pm

My sister is one of the first females accepted to Valley Forge Military College

Stopper · Post by **Stopper** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:03 pm

btownmeggy wrote:I once dreamed that Bill Clinton invited me to his house for Thanksgiving dinner with him, Hillary, and Chelsea. I accepted. It was great.

Frankly, I think you're making that dream up. You make no mention of any untoward sexual advances from the great man himself. Unless, of course, you didn't think they were untoward :shock: