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  1. 05-14-2006, 17:47 #1
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    Default Famous Relatives

    Do you have any relatives or ancestors that were famous?

    I'm closely related to the outlaw of the west Jesse James

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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    New: Gretta Duisenberg, you probably don't know her but she is quite well known here .

    Old: Charlemaine, no joke
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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    Ex president Andrew Jackson!
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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony
    New: Gretta Duisenberg, you probably don't know her but she is quite well known here .
    You're kidding right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kralizec
    You're kidding right?
    Afraid not, thrust me, she is even worse in real life She actually was my mums nanny as well.
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    Lightbulb Re: Famous Relatives

    Three that I'm aware of.

    Alice Baber

    Asa Baber

    Mary Todd

    Fame is a relative concept, however.
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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    my grandmother would have been Countess of Donegal, which goes back yon to the High Kings of Ireland, until she found out she had an uncle, according to my mother...
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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony
    New: Gretta Duisenberg, you probably don't know her but she is quite well known here.
    Brilliant!
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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    My cousin is a pretty well known news anchor on the TVR channel in Romania.
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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    eh i have a great great grand father who was called the Bal Shem Tov hes very famous among jews
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  11. 05-14-2006, 19:59 #11
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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    Here's another question: anyone got INFAMOUS relatives?
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  12. 05-14-2006, 20:06 #12
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    Default Re: Famous Relatives

    Kalevi Oikarainen, world champion skier.
    And of course me, Home Run champion.
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