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OT: Who is/was your most famous/successful blood relative?

I don't know of anyone famous in my family tree. However my wife has a saint in her family tree. Saint Brother Andre Bessette, a very well known Catholic figure in Montreal, who I believe is a great cousin to my wife's father. Brother Andre is largely responsible for getting St. Joseph's Oratory built in Montreal, and he has quite a reputation as a healer.

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I have a distant relative who carved the statue of Noah Webster in West Hartford Center. Same guy was carving Chief Crazy Horse into the side of a mountain in South Dakota. Also related to a gangster from many past eras in the Bridgeport/NYC area. He went by the name Lou Dewey. No links available for that one!

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Noah Webster Statue in West Hartford

The tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary managed to spell "cemetery" wrong.
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One grandfather played an exhibition tennis match against Bill Tilden back in the day; as the legend goes, Bill was quite impressed. The other was a calligrapher as a "side hustle" and his work made it before both President Eisenhower and King Gustaf V of Sweden.

If we expand things to include marriage, my uncle is a 9 or 10 times great-grandson of Abraham Lincoln.
 
I have a distant ancestor who was drummed out of Attila's army for conduct unbecoming a Hun.

More recently, I am great-uncle to Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steven Brault, better known for his hitting than his pitching. Had eight hits in nine consecutive at-bats last year and two years ago when 29 straight at-bats without a strikeout. Most notable mound achievement was giving up 10 earned runs in one inning to the Chicago Cubs last year.
 
Princess Diana is a distant cousin. She and I share the same set of 7th great grandparents. Also, I am a descendant of Mayflower passenger Isaac Allerton and 16th century resident of the Tower of London, Saint John Fisher.
 
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If you Google my last name, my bio comes up first. I have a weird last name is all that means. (Although growing up in the New Haven area, people would recognize it as the name of my grandfather’s business.)

My paternal grandma’s younger brother was a bandleader who played with some famous musicians, including Doris Day.

Born Levine —> “Leeds”




That’s all I got in terms of blood relatives.
 
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Sphinx said:
More recently, I am great-uncle to Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steven Brault, better known for his hitting than his pitching. Had eight hits in nine consecutive at-bats last year and two years ago when 29 straight at-bats without a strikeout. Most notable mound achievement was giving up 10 earned runs in one inning to the Chicago Cubs last year.
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Actually, he's becoming even more well known for his singing. As great-uncle, you better have bought the album, lol.

Brault also pitched an amazing game last year vs Rockies where his first 69 pitches were all fastballs. And he was tossing a shutout through five-plus. Gave up a dinger in sixth, got into 7th inning, left at 82 pitches. Won the game 6-2. Threw 72% strikes. After the fourth when he still hadn't thrown a breaking pitch, the announcers were getting downright silly about it. And oh yeah, he homered on top of that (441 ft, 2nd deck).
 
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Sphinx said:
I have a distant ancestor who was drummed out of Attila's army for conduct unbecoming a Hun.

More recently, I am great-uncle to Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Steven Brault, better known for his hitting than his pitching. Had eight hits in nine consecutive at-bats last year and two years ago when 29 straight at-bats without a strikeout. Most notable mound achievement was giving up 10 earned runs in one inning to the Chicago Cubs last year.
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I swear you were going for King Tut for a classic post/handle slam dunk.
 
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My mother-in-law is a distant cousin of Tom Jones.
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Please tell me her name is Delilah (and if it is keep her away from Johnson.)
 
My grandfather was a gunnery sergeant with sniper service medals in the First Marine Division of the USMC during WWII and Korea.

I’ve also designed nuclear submarines and jet engines so both of our lives seems to revolve around ousting China. So I’d say either of us.
 
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huskyniner said:
I once sacked DJ Hernandez in a high school football scrimmage.
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Similar claim to fame as my go to.

Aaron as a freshman dunked on me when I was a senior in a HS 3v3 tourney. I rotated over as a good help defender should and paid the price.
 
My Dad and I each had our 15 minutes of fame...about 25 years apart.
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Won’t name names, and not “famous” but one close family member has won 3 Emmys. There’s a chance a lot of people have seen their work.
 
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storrsroars said:
Actually, he's becoming even more well known for his singing. As great-uncle, you better have bought the album, lol.

Brault also pitched an amazing game last year vs Rockies where his first 69 pitches were all fastballs. And he was tossing a shutout through five-plus. Gave up a dinger in sixth, got into 7th inning, left at 82 pitches. Won the game 6-2. Threw 72% strikes. After the fourth when he still hadn't thrown a breaking pitch, the announcers were getting downright silly about it. And oh yeah, he homered on top of that (441 ft, 2nd deck).
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Yes, I didn't quite do Steven justice. His baseball talent he no doubt got from my brother, his grandfather. As for his singing, I myself have always been able to carry a note (although I've always paid it back with a small overdue penalty.),
 
cw00dson24 said:
I'm Eskimo brothers with Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy
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August_West said:
LOL.
Excellent.

Im Eskimo Brothers with Johnny Depp
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I can't really express how envious I am, considering I'm Eskimo Brothers with Seth Greenberg.

You have no idea how hard that was to put out of my mind after I found out.
 
temery said:
Yes, I am that bored.

No names needed, but if they're dead, feel free.

For me ... One cousin was in the Olympics, my cousin Carol Vadnais played for the Bruins with Orr, Sanderson, et all. Another was a surgeon who was well known in his field. A great uncle did time in prison for rigging elections. He was on the governors council and took a dive for the top guys. When he got out, he got the first liquor license at the cape when the mass pike was finished, a license to sell insurance, and a no show job at a state college.

So who do ya got?
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RIP my dad. Not famous.

2 purple hearts, 1 distinguished flying cross, a slight limp (see above) and hand folded by then president Reagan 13 star flag.

That WWII hero buried in St. Michaels Cemetery, Stratford CT.
My best friend.
 
Ewekon said:
RIP my dad. Not famous.

2 purple hearts, 1 distinguished flying cross, a slight limp (see above) and hand folded by then president Reagan 13 star flag.

That WWII hero buried in St. Michaels Cemetery, Stratford CT.
My best friend.
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My whole family is in that cemetery.
 
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