What's your claim to fame?

I think a family's history and what brought them to settle where they are now is really interesting.


What's yours / where are you?





My grandmother is a direct descendent of a huge family in Germany at the time of the Holocaust. Her great something or other invented the first cure for TB.





My great great aunt owned the Aster Mines in Cali.








My great great great uncle by marriage invented the steam boat.





The rest of my family is spread throughout Canada and Scotland.

What's your claim to fame?
My great great great grandfather was one of the survivors of the Monitor.





Captain Valentine Haas was one of the founders of the first Lutheran Church in America. He served in the War of 1812.





My uncle repaired and flew a helicopter for President Eisenhower.





I helped start an award for Childrens and Young Adult Science Fiction.





I am Level 7 on YA!
Reply:Wow thats interesting. In some way I am related to Perry.
Reply:Green thumb, I haven't got a claim to fame, just that I speak as I find if you don't like that's tough, I gave you a thumbs up mate because I think your cool.
Reply:I'm related to President Woodrow Wilson on my mom' s side (he's a cousin not sure how far back though). And my dad's adoptive mom was a cousin of Woody Guthrie though I guess that doesn't really count.





That's all I know.
Reply:Since this is a genealogy question I think I will have a little fun with it. OK





My claims to fame? Mmmmmm, let me see. I'm 62 years old? I have 10 children, 5 boys and 5 girls? I'm still married to the same gal that I met on a blind date to a Sadie Hawkins day dance? I now have 27 grandchilden? I taught myself how to read the old German handwriting (and I can't speak German) and have traced my wife's father's line back 15 generations to 1559 in Germany? I have taught a dozen other people hqw to read German handwriting?





Mmmmm. My father flew 32 combat missions in a B-17 before he was shot down and taken prisoner by the Germans? At the same time my wife's uncle flew fighter aircraft for the German Luftwaffe. He was killed over Italy?





Really not much claim to fame.





How about this! My great great grandfather (many many greats) was Ephraim the son of Joseph who was sold into Egypt, Ephraim's mother was Asenath. Oh yes, Joseph was a grandson of Abraham who was a descendant of Noah. Which, since Noah was also your ancestor I can say my greatest claim to fame is that I am also your cousin. In fact since everyone alive now on this planet (unless there are some extra-terrestials we are unaware of) is a descendent of Noah, the farthest apart we can be is 52nd cousins.





I hope that this answer has been as much fun for you as it was for me to write it.
Reply:Not to much ;m afraid


my Dad was knighted


my Uncle was on the London to Melbourne race in 1938,My Mother typed the Diary.


My great grandfather got regularly drunk with the then dutch King.


My great great grandfather was a spy for Napoleon the third.


My brother is a famous business man


My brother in law is the Don of a University


And I used to be no 13 in answers in the USA and no 1 in Environment ,but evil elements killed me off ,for being critical and sarcastic.


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