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**ineptus astartes**

how true...

Any of us may unwittingly be related to anyone on this site...creepy...bro...

Ninja'd WARORK, odd though. wonder if it was the same people...

**WARORK93**

ineptus astartes wrote:how true...

Any of us may unwittingly be related to anyone on this site...creepy...bro...

Well...I'm sure the chain of relatedness on most people on Dakka...if there is indeed any...would probably go back to centuries...by that time the blood is so diluted with other stuff you've got two completely different people and two completely different families...

So yeah, there might be a few that are related by some marriage during the Middle Ages but that really doesn't mean anything...

**ineptus astartes**

I was joking...

I am surprised by all the people I have found to be related (not that distantly) to.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

What are the chances?

In WW1 one of my mother's uncles was late back from leave and issued with a field punishment. He was tied to an artillery wheel. Unfortunately the Germans attacked and he was killed.
The story as told was that he was shot during the attack, but I think it may have been artillery fire, but not sure.

**ineptus astartes**

ouch. what a way to go.

on that note, I bid you "Goodeu."

I can barely stay awake. see yall in tha mornng.

**remilia_scarlet**

My great grandfather on my mother's side was a farmer who became a soldier.

My grandfather on my mother's side was a soldier who .

My father is a retired military officer.

My great grandmother on my mother's side was a farmer's wife.

My grandmother on my mother's side runs a grocery store, and is a health nut.

My mother is a nurse at a hospital.

My twin sister passed away at an early age, she had meningitis.

I don't know about my father's side of the family.

**Commisar Von Humps**

Sounds pretty cool for the most part! As for that relation to the confederacy, don't feel bad....Im directly related to Chief Justice Taney, the Judge who made the Dread Scott decision.....on a brighter note im also directly related to General Andrew Atkins Humphreys, union general in the civil war who served under Meade.

**notprop**

My cousin is a rather well know wallpaper designer. Well know in wall paper designing circles that is.

That is all.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

He designs circles?
How hard can that be?

**Monster Rain**

If they're crop circles I could see it getting pretty involved.

**LordofHats**

My family has all kinds of wacky stories on my dad's side the only side I really follow. Supposedly, my great grandfather (who came here from Sicily despite owning a quarry in Naples) was a vice president of the long island railroad and a member of the mafia. But come on, when have you ever met an Italian American whose family wasn't in the mafia

The second best story is the one that he worked on the Brooklyn bridge. Which, unless he was like 100 when my grandfather was born, makes no sense.

The best story is that he was killed on a dock in a hit. Odd. We have his death certificate. It says lung cancer

We know this, yet the family still tells that story XD

My grandfather is easier to figure out. He was a Green Beret in Vietnam and as I am told was a member of MIKE Force. I know for a fact he was a Green Beret. I have not been able to confirm he was involved with MIKE Force. I have been able to confirm he was one of the officers involved in the organization and birth of US Army Special Forces (not a master mind worthy of mention in history books but rather a guy who was present from the start). He died in the 90's.

My dad and his parents are awesome though (his parents divorced and remarried). They're super liberals and he's a super conservative. You can imagine how that works out ever thanksgiving

**rubiksnoob**

I'm half-Latvian half-Irish, which I've been told is "strong drinking heritage."

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Had to read that twice Rubiks
Thought it said you were half Latvian, half fish.

Would still work with the drinking heritage

**rubiksnoob**

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Had to read that twice Rubiks
Thought it said you were half Latvian, half fish.

Wait a second. . . it doesn't? Woops, gotta fix that!

**purplefood**

No history further back than my grandparents.
All i know is they were Irish and my grandad was in the army.

**Wolf**

Well according to my Grandad's research before he died of cancer R.I.P, found out that I am related (on my mother's side) to Captain Cooks mother and therefore Captain Cook himself.

Wether this is true or not I have yet to find the research he did and read through it.

That's about as wierd as my family gets ahaha

**lord commissar klimino**

the only interesting person i know in my family is my grand father. he was a soldier for a short while during the Vietnam era. he never talks about it.

....wait...dang,ok i know it was him or my great great,dont know which.other then that,same thing,they didn't talk about it.at all.

yeah...i know little about my families past :/

**ineptus astartes**

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**lord commissar klimino**

oops,meant only one great....

**Slarg232**

I'm related to Aseline the Wolf, a Crusader during one of the crusades (don't know which), one of the big judges in the Salem Witch Trials (the first one to come back and say "Hey, what we did was wrong",) and Patrick Henry, of "Give me Liberty, or give me death!" fame.

**purplefood**

Slarg232 wrote:I'm related to Aseline the Wolf, a Crusader during one of the crusades (don't know which), one of the big judges in the Salem Witch Trials (the first one to come back and say "Hey, what we did was wrong",) and Patrick Henry, of "Give me Liberty, or give me death!" fame.

Can i point out that Aseline is oddly similar to Aslan?
Aslan the Wolf... that's silly everyone knows Aslan is a talking lion...

**Slarg232**

purplefood wrote:
Slarg232 wrote:I'm related to Aseline the Wolf, a Crusader during one of the crusades (don't know which), one of the big judges in the Salem Witch Trials (the first one to come back and say "Hey, what we did was wrong",) and Patrick Henry, of "Give me Liberty, or give me death!" fame.

Can i point out that Aseline is oddly similar to Aslan?
Aslan the Wolf... that's silly everyone knows Aslan is a talking lion...

Well, I am a Leo...

**purplefood**

Slarg232 wrote:
purplefood wrote:
Slarg232 wrote:I'm related to Aseline the Wolf, a Crusader during one of the crusades (don't know which), one of the big judges in the Salem Witch Trials (the first one to come back and say "Hey, what we did was wrong",) and Patrick Henry, of "Give me Liberty, or give me death!" fame.

Can i point out that Aseline is oddly similar to Aslan?
Aslan the Wolf... that's silly everyone knows Aslan is a talking lion...

Well, I am a Leo...

Is this your oblique way of telling me you're a lion? Do you know Aslan? Is he like Jesus for lions? Can you get me an autograph? What do people taste like?

**LordofHats**

purplefood wrote:What do people taste like?

Like purple food

**purplefood**

LordofHats wrote:
purplefood wrote:What do people taste like?

Like purple food

Well played...
Very well played indeed.

**lord commissar klimino**

LordofHats wrote:
purplefood wrote:What do people taste like?

Like purple food

we talkin grapes,squash,or something else

maybe berries or candy

on topic:wow...am i the only on who knows nothing of there families past? it makes me sad

**purplefood**

lord commissar klimino wrote:
LordofHats wrote:
purplefood wrote:What do people taste like?

Like purple food

we talkin grapes,squash,or something else maybe berries or candy

on topic:wow...am i the only on who knows nothing of there families past? it makes me sad

Clearly you didn't read my post.

**Dreadwinter**

rubiksnoob wrote:I'm half-Latvian half-Irish, which I've been told is "strong drinking heritage."

Not to one up you or anything, but I am German-Irish-Native American. Not entirely sure how much of each but, yeah, TAKE THAT!

**Albatross**

Wolf wrote:Well according to my Grandad's research before he died of cancer R.I.P, found out that I am related (on my mother's side) to Captain Cooks mother and therefore Captain Cook himself.

Hey, that means you've got Boro blood running through your veins, brother!

**Goddard**

One of my relatives burned down Chicago one time...