Apparently several generations back on my mother's side, Mark Twain is an uncle of mine.

Also someone named William Brewster who was the captain or something or other of the Mayflower. I don't know much about him.

Who you got?

Paris Hilton!

althom said:

Jealous!

Does she send you money on your birthday?

Albert Schweitzer.

http://home.pcisys.net/~jnf/

http://www.schweitzerfellowship.org/

http://www.lucidcafe.com/...itzer.html

http://www.schweitzer.org...aseind.htm

http://www.nobel.se/peace...r-bio.html

Enough links? :p


He's up there somewhere, a great great uncle of sorts. My Opa (grandfather on dad's side) has journals and hats of his. Everything else is pretty much in museums.

althom said:

That makes sense.

INSATIABLE said:

I want a hat like that!

althom said:

My grandfather was the head coach for the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl 2. The Raiders lost to Vince Lombardi and the Packers that year. John Madden and Bill Walsh were coaches under him. Some attribute him to being the inventor of what would be known as the West Coast Offense. He was just recently inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for when he played at the University of Georgia.

INSATIABLE said:

what an amazing man he was! very kewl - i'm honored to know you!

althom said:

Looks like Mark Twain! Maybe we're related.

TRON said:

!

IAmTheTouch said:

Thank you so much. That is completely likewise.

my uncle has a famous nephew... me!

TRON said:

yeah, and where's your avatar? being de-hatted?

no one famous in the bloodline, but a family member was supposedly killed by Pancho Villa - the rebel general of the Mexican Revolution who invaded US territory and led American soldiers on a wild goose chase all over the harsh Mexican countryside for months.

coqui said:

Very groovy.

Lillian Gish was my great-aunt. Not exactly a supermegastar these days, but back in her day she was a huge movie star - she starred in D.W. Griffith silent films, and I think the last movie she made before she died was in the '80s - "The Whales of August".

i'm not, but people related to me are




seriously, though...

my aunt is a distant cousin to Walt Disney.


and an ancestral castle on my mother's side of the family is mentioned in the book Ivanhoe

Jessie James is an uncle, Jaquline O'nasis, & A Cheif joseph

dawnrose said:

hi dawnrose dahling - good to see ya!! cheers!

... and high time to change that sig of yours!

jesus christ

TRON... the TRON guy in your avatar looks like he's posing for a nude photo shoot
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AaronAlmighty said:

I was!

My uncle played with George Clinton and my father played with Peter Tosh & Bunny Wailer as well as other Reggae artists. My Grandfather is also a famous Jazz musician here in Columbus.

elvis presley

My grandfather played with Benny Goodman.

angelfishseven said:

Or was it Benny Hill?

No, I'm kidding.

Our family friend's daughter is Rhona Mitra, original model for Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) and now in Party of Five I think.
I stayed in her house in Ireland once- full of very cute dogs.

Wait, that's not a relation. Oh sod it, I thought I'd mention it anyway.

My uncle owns Dome Records, the home of uk soul music? He singed Beverly Knight, and Rick Astley when he was at Chrysalis, and used to work for CBS Sony, presenting Michael Jackson with his UK Platinum disc for 'Off The Wall'.

So, no, not really.
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My great-uncle is Fabian. Yes, Fabian. No, not Fabio.

I am related to Faye Rae... she played in the original

King Kong.

He's famous in some circles
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