Famous and/or historical people that you are related to.

[Lyric]

I'm of the Engels/Engles/Engel/Engle family, and am related to both Friedrich Engels (the Marxist philosopher) and more recently, to George Engel--one of the labor-anarchists who was wrongly convicted of (and hanged for) inciting the Haymarket Riot.

Here's a side-by-side of my Mom and George Engel. Even several generations later, the family resemblance is still amazing. My brother very much resembles a young Friedrich Engels too, but I don't have any good photos of my brother uploaded to do a side-by-side like this one.



So what about you? What famous or interesting names are on your family tree? :)

[TZ]

1. My family records were pretty much destroyed in WW2

Polish- Russian Jewish, obviously nothing left over there. However my BIL is a direct descendent of Patrick Henry. His brother has a strong resemblance to him as a matter of fact.

[liberaltrucker]

2. General Joseph E Johnston, CSA

Fortunately not an ancestor, just distant cousin.

[seabeyond]

3. richard nixon. my mom about died. hated the man. and crockett, or boone, or one of those men. nt

[Zephie]

4. Red Skelton was related to my granddad

I was never sure on the actual direct connection as grandpa died when I was very young, but grandma swore it was true. :shrug:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. Supposedly I'm a distant relative of Sir Walter Scott........

on my Mom's side.

[SteppingRazor]

6. My grandfather's mother, maiden name Collins, was related to this guy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_%28Irish_leader%29

[MorningGlow]

7. Nobody. Not one effin' famous (or infamous) person in the entire family tree

Granted, the family tree is truncated (see what I did there? :P ) because my maternal grandfather and all his siblings were illegitimate, but as far as I can tell, we're a fly-under-the-radar, stay-modest, boring bunch. :hi:

[applegrove]

13. Me too. They were all good eggs though.

[MorningGlow]

14. Unfortunately my family has quite a few rotten ones

Nothing horrible--no murderers or anything--but some really annoying personalities.
:rofl:

[LeftinOH]

8. My aunt went to high school with the first wife of Roy Scheider ("Jaws");

sorry, that's all I got. I'll give my autograph if you want.

[eShirl]

9. Big Bird and I share a direct ancestor several generations back

well, not really Big Bird, but the muppeteer who wears/operates Big Bird


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1249919

[Call Me Wesley]

10. This idiot:

On edit: Found a better pic.

[eShirl]

11. it's Uncle Dick!

Here's a better photo with grandmama

[applegrove]

12. That is unbelievable. Such a resemblance.

[Lyric]

16. It is kinda weird, isn't it?

And interesting. Being related to those two men certainly explains a lot about me, lol.

:hi:

[burrfoot]

15. Aaron Burr :)