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27 Nov 2007, 12:45 pm

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I believe that I'm a somewhat distant cousin of a baseball player who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners.
That's a lie. Nobody on the Mariners is famous. :P


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27 Nov 2007, 2:19 pm

My wife is related to one of the "witches" from the Salem Witch Trials. I used to visit Salem when I lived in Massachusetts. That place is cool!


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27 Nov 2007, 4:25 pm

My uncle used to be in an Olympic swimming team.


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27 Nov 2007, 5:03 pm

Neat discussion.

I have a distant relative on my Dad's side who was awarded for single handedly capturing a number of Confederate soldiers. Also on Dad's side am related to Elihu Yale (founder of Yale Uni) and King Aelfred the Great (was King of England in the 800s). Also my Dad is famous in the Psychology world and in general in business and has published two books.



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27 Nov 2007, 9:49 pm

my leprosy surviving grandpa...he was subject of an article in time magazine once. i just typed in his name and leprosy on google and a picture of his wife came up in the image section. interesting...


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27 Nov 2007, 9:52 pm

My grandpa got leprosy from tinky's grandpa. :x :x :x


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28 Nov 2007, 2:32 am

My aunt's husband is a pianist who worked with some famous mexican female singers before the 80s.



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28 Nov 2007, 2:38 am

My family is related to pioneer Daniel Boone.


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28 Nov 2007, 5:22 am

i like geneology and have my family history traced back pretty far on both sides. lots of interesting ancestors, but FAMOUS?

well, i am related to royalty if you go WAY far back, most of europe- england, france, scotland, spain, denmark, norway-- and before when there weren't todays countries so much.

and philo farnsworth, who invented the television, is my great-great-grand uncle. Philo was the oldest child and Stephen was the 3rd child in the family. Stephen is my direct line and he was in charge of a company that crossed the plains in the 1800s.


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29 Nov 2007, 12:59 am

werbert wrote:
Belle77 wrote:
I believe that I'm a somewhat distant cousin of a baseball player who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners.
That's a lie. Nobody on the Mariners is famous. :P


:P He's played for other teams.



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29 Nov 2007, 1:05 am

uhhh...I donno
there's a hocky player with the same name as me :lol:



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30 Nov 2007, 12:56 am

Belle77 wrote:
werbert wrote:
Belle77 wrote:
I believe that I'm a somewhat distant cousin of a baseball player who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners.
That's a lie. Nobody on the Mariners is famous. :P


:P He's played for other teams.
Hmmm, I'm intrigued.

Is it safe to assume he is an American-born player?


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30 Nov 2007, 1:17 am

Andy Griffith is a second or third cousin of mine.


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30 Nov 2007, 4:13 am

werbert wrote:
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werbert wrote:
Belle77 wrote:
I believe that I'm a somewhat distant cousin of a baseball player who currently plays for the Seattle Mariners.
That's a lie. Nobody on the Mariners is famous. :P


:P He's played for other teams.
Hmmm, I'm intrigued.

Is it safe to assume he is an American-born player?


Yes, it is. I don't want to give away too much info because I like to keep my anonymity. He has the same last name as my maiden last name...it's not a common spelling of a slightly common last name.



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30 Nov 2007, 6:14 am

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My grandmother was the first person (apart from members of the band) to hear the song 'Golden Brown', by the Stranglers, one of the members, (Dave Greenfield, I think) lived opposite her, and asked for her opinion on this new 'commercial' track. She liked it, and, therefore the Stranglers released it as a single.


Wow they're a pretty cool band. :dj:


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30 Nov 2007, 6:22 am

I don't know who I'm related to, my Grandfather (On my dad's side) was adopted into a Canadian family from his Irish family I believe. I think his last name was Hannah.


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