Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Relations

Who is related to 3 presidents, four first lady's, 8 authors, 5 movies stars, 1 queen , and 1 outlaw?

ME!


Mom has been working on genealogy and our family history for some time now. All her hard work has shown a relationship to quite a few famous people.


The wives of presidents Taft, Taylor, Pierce, and Mckinley.
Helen Herron Taft

Presidents Chester A Arthur, Gerald Ford, Lyndon B Johnson.


Movies Stars Laurence Olivier, James Dean, Bette Davis, Lillian Gish, & Raymond Massey.



Authors Agatha Christie, Truman Capote, Clement Moore (wrote The Night Before Christmas), Virginia Wolf, Booker T Washington, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jane Austen, George Eliot.

Queen Elizabeth II of the English Commonwealth.

Frank James- American outlaw and half brother of Jesse James.


There are a few others that include military heroes, Mayflower passengers, Doctors, and of course Sam Walton the guy that is responsible for Walmart.

2 comments:

  1. Still blows me away! I thought I was doing good being related to Jim Nabors, Davy Crockett, and Mike Ditka! HA!!!!!!!!

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  2. So what are the chances we're related somewhere down the line?

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