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Jayce2013

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #15 on: November 03, 2016, 09:57:34 am »
My great grandfather was a sculpture and worked for Mussolini in Italy. He made a horse which is now part of one of the biggest tourist attraction in Rome, Italy (besides the Colosseum).

But that is not really "famous", no one knows about him.... :) But he did something big, huge, that still stands nowadays and is recognized and admired daily, bu thousand of people.... kinda cool somehow.

Unfortunately it does not affect us at all...

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2016, 10:00:22 am »
It's long been said that we are related to Frank and Jesse James (The Outlaw brothers). Didn't know if it was true but several years ago my Dad had our family tree done professionally and confirmed these are distant cousins. The report also included a family crest that was supposedly been in existence for our family forever.

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #17 on: November 03, 2016, 10:05:03 am »
I have not done any ancestry research.  I am going to claim my nephew as someone "famous" though.
He recently won the Iowa 2016 Culinary Competition for the Iowa Restaurant Association.

If you are ever in Sioux City, IA, stop in for a bite at  McCarthy & Bailey's Irish Pub owned by me nephew, Nicolas Gunn.
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« Reply #18 on: November 03, 2016, 11:15:19 am »
My grandmother's cousin researched our heritage for over 25 years. He traveled all over the world and made 2 trips to Jerusalem. He figured out that we are descendants of Matthew. That's as famous as it gets in our family lol Oh, and we also have two castles in Ireland allegedly but I don't know where they are.

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #19 on: November 03, 2016, 12:04:03 pm »
None that Im aware of, And I dont know of any free sites you can use. Usually you fill out all kinds of info then it tells you you have to pay to see results :(

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #20 on: November 03, 2016, 12:04:13 pm »
No, I don't have any famous people in my family that I know of.

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #21 on: November 03, 2016, 04:00:59 pm »
One of my relations was a famous judge for marrying celebrities in Yuma before Las Vegas was the hot spot for eloping. He married a lot of famous people.
Also, related to several presidents, the Royal British family and some of my ancestors were pretty famous in Arkanas and that area. Very possible, the Duval family from there was fairly well off from what I have read and seen.

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2016, 09:11:41 am »
Not that I know of.

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2016, 11:45:06 am »
Johnny Cash is my fourth cousin twice removed; his great-grandparents are my great-great-great-great grandparents.

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #24 on: November 05, 2016, 12:21:04 pm »
i have a few Senators, scientists, agriculturists on the paternal side besides and the "right hand man" of George Washington, and supposedly a maternal branch lists Laura Ingalls, the owner and builder of an eastern railroad, and supposedly one of the founders of the Mormons. Mom's side was rich but the money disappeared before it got to her. Isn't that normal? :)

I haven't connected to any "newer" Hollyweird people yet and really don't want to, but I am hoping to connect with a few of the older ones. :) I'm at a standstill right now with a brick wall.

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #25 on: November 05, 2016, 03:46:29 pm »
No body that I know of.
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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #26 on: November 05, 2016, 04:09:15 pm »
not unless you count them being in the newspaper for doing stupid stuff lol

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Re: Any famous people in your family?
« Reply #27 on: November 05, 2016, 07:21:09 pm »
No one that I am aware of.  Did the whole family tree thing but always seem to get stuck at some point

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