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orwelliantherye
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Posted: Thu 2007-11-22 00:13
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| My Famous Cousins: A journey in Geneology. |
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My dad has been into geneology for a long time. Usually I don't get into the geneology, but just a few minutes ago, Dad showed me some people I just happen to be related to through my dad's mother's mother. I won't go into the full list, but here is a partial list of famous people whom I can now call cousins of mine.
First Cousins:
NONE.
Second Cousins:
RUDYARD KIPLING (2nd Cousin, 24 times removed). He is best known for writing The Jungle Book and for generally being a smug imperialist who frequently snuck this theme into many of his works.
Third Cousins:
FLANNERY O'CONNOR (3rd Cousin, 22 Times removed). She was one of my old English Teacher's (The priest who inspired me to begin writing) favorite authors. Also, her novel Wise Blood's protagonist Hazel Motes inspired me to become a minister despite my nonbelief in a higher power (with the exception of Aliens, which don't count since I don't worship them), ultimately leading to my ULC ordination.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (3rd Cousin, 26 times removed). Famous composer for writing an opera based on Midsummer Night's Dream, which eventually became a wedding march, and later, he was used by Louis Farrakhan to claim that he himself was not an anti-semite by playing Mendellsohn's music in concert.
Fourth Cousins:
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (4th Cousin, 14 Times Removed). After winning Normandy at D-Day, he managed to get elected to the presidency for two terms, ushering in an age of almost Victorian prudishness, although he did condemn that asshole McCarthy in his heyday.
Fifth Cousins:
 
JACK KEROUAC (5th Cousin, 6 Times Removed). This man was most notable for his book On The Road, famously written in only a few days on a scroll. I have since added a mention of this detail in my novel.
JAMES BARRIE (5th Cousin, 6 Times Removed). He wrote Peter Pan, which has provided fodder for 47-year old computer programmers for years.
WILLIAM WIRT WINCHESTER (5th Cousin, 13 times removed). This man is of no real interest to me. However, what his wife did after his death is. After his death, she worked on remodeling her house from an 8-room nondescript house to a 160-room eyesore of a mansion with no master plan. She did this because she thought that ghosts would kill her otherwise. House depicted, not the person.
Sixth Cousins:
GEORGE W. BUSH: (6th Cousin, twelve times removed) This idiot needs no introduction. The 43rd President of the United States, he may be considered the worst president in American History. (?)
Seventh Cousins:
 x
TEDDY ROOSEVELT (7th cousin, twice removed). He may have been one of the greatest presidents in U.S. History (certainly compared to his successor 100 years later, seen above). He was a progressive Republican (a contradiction in terms nowadays), and is often regarded as being very eccentric. Also related to FDR, who I cannot find on the list.
Eighth Cousins:
FRANZ LISZT (8th Cousin, 3 times removed). In his day, a famous composer, he is now best known as a composer, specifically of his Hungarian Rhapsody, providing gags for old Cartoons for years to come.
Ninth Cousins:
GUSTAV MAHLER (6th Cousin, three times removed). After composing nine symphonies and several song cycles, he died thinking he had beaten a "Curse of the Ninth (Symphony)" by labeling one as a song cycle. Clearly, he didn't. If the references in Husbands and Wives actually does reflect his actual tastes (which it likely does), then he must be one of Woody Allen's favorite composers.
MARLON BRANDO (9th Cousin, 6 times removed). This famous actor, best known by now as Vito Corleone in The Godfather, and winner (and refuser) of an Oscar for the same role, he is currently dead, which is not stopping him from making his next movie Big Bug Man. (?)
Tenth Cousins:
 x
JAMES DEAN (Perfect 10th Cousin). James Dean starred in three movies (and nominated for two Oscars posthumously) released within the space of 18 months, before crashing his Porsche (and filming a Driving safety PSA).
JOAN CRAWFORD (10th Cousin, 3 times removed). An Oscar-winning actress for a personal favorite film of mine, Mildred Pierce, she has now, thanks to her daughter, become a byword for child abuse. Picture by Faye Dunaway.
So, let's recap. I've got Four famous Authors, three Oscar nominees, four presidents (I did not Count the first Bush in my list since it should have been obvious, three famous composers, and a gun manufacturer in my family. There are, of course, others (including several Canadian PM's). I just never bothered about the rest.
Do any of you know of any famous people in your family?
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Becca
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Posted: Thu 2007-11-22 01:12
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| I think being European makes it awfully hard to find out anything about geneology. I wish I'd know more about the families I'm part of. What i know for now , is that my family was among the first families in the area to have a telephone and they where selling stuff from colonies... but that's all . |
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