Brag About Your Semi-Important Relatives Here

By that I mean possibly a professional in sports, or is on TV? Anything is fine. I'll share mine with you all.

Nick Setta

He's my cousin. This was the best picture I could find of him on the internet. I used to visit Notre Dame whenever he was playing. He kicked for the team, and according to the wiki I posted, now plays for Canadians. Guess I haven't seen him in a long time.

I have no idea, when I search for my family tree and stuff I just keep getting Superman stuff.

If you have to search the internet for said relative's pics, you shouldn't have the right to brag. Clearly he's left you behind!

According to some book I read a little bit of, I'm a descendant of some famous people called "Adam" and "Eve" but I never really checked my family history to confirm it.

"If you have to search the internet for said relative's pics, you shouldn't have the right to brag. Clearly he's left you behind!"

I grandfather was apart of the team, that built the first electric Computer.  He was a double masters, in Mechanical and electronic engineering. Fought in WW2 and Korea and killed fiddy men with a machine gun.  He has a real Japanese officer sword and a couple bayonets. Retired as a Chief. 

During WW2 he traveled around the world 4 times.

I'm a distant cousin of George Lucas' through marriage/divorce.

"I grandfather was apart of the team, that built the first electric Computer.  He was a double masters, in Mechanical and electronic engineering. Fought in WW2 and Korea and killed fiddy men with a machine gun.  He has a real Japanese officer sword and a couple bayonets. Retired as a Chief.  During WW2 he traveled around the world 4 times."

my dad invented the slapchop

I have nothing.

My uncle was the strongest man in winnipeg and also had the most penalties in hockey for a while.  My god mother who is like a part of the family and lives around here has done quite a bit because she became a nun at the age of 17 or so and traveled to Alaska and many other places.  Her brother was green beret in the vietnam war, and said they taught him like 100 ways to kill someone, even with a pencil apparently.  He doesn't talk about it, but he's seen a lot of bad things.  Said once he was sharing a smoke with his friend, and when he tried to pass it back his friend was dead.  Because he was an explosives specialist (not sure if thats the right name for it) he was trying to disarm a grenade but it was faulty and it exploded in his hands.  After the war he managed to became a cop (had to make a special glove that would allow him to properly fire a pistol because he was missing a finger or two).  He did undercover drug busts, including spending time in prison to get information from other prisoners, but after a while he was known as "4 fingers" (or maybe it was 3 fingers...)  and so his cover didn't last long after that.  None of my relatives are famous as far as I know.

I'm distantly related to 10th President John Tyler, who was in reality kind of a shitty president and the first to become president upon the death of his predecessor.

Funny story: Having alienated both the political parties he previously associated with during a generally awful first term, Tyler tried to run for his own elected office as President on the strength of his pro-annexation of Texas by forming a third party. When it was clear he wasn't going to be able to get enough support to make any real run, he pretty much was forced to say he was going to step down at the same time that the Democrats named James K. Polk as their running mate, running on a heavily pro-annexation platform.

In the end, Polk became something of a folk hero to snooty Presidential historians and They Might Be Giants fans; Tyler, a Confederate Congressman during the Civil War, went on to be the only US President on record to not be publicly mourned in Washington DC.

My dad hung out at disney world with Chris Eliot once...

I also may be the bastard son of Ozzy Osbourne, conceived in a mens room at a concert 19 years ago.. not sure, though.

Nah, seriously though, my aunt used to run a big jazz joint in florida...

My grandfather helped to build the legs of the lunar space module, and on the other side of the family, my distant grandfather was Frederick Law Olmstead, who was the father of American Landscape Design, who designed things like Central Park etc.

My grandfather was offered a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies but couldn't go through with it because he went to fight in Japan during World War II where he fought in Okinawa. 

Is Christina Aguilera still around?

Davey Crockett is some rather ancient relative of mine. Other than that, there's a remote chance that I'm related to Elvis and I have some Canadian Native American royalty in my blood.

"Is Christina Aguilera still around?"

Rick Reilly from ESPN is originally from Boulder, and is my second cousin.

My grandfather said he was a relative of Abraham Lincoln.

I have a second or third cousin who's a retired Raider's player

As far as I know, none of my relatives are remotely famous. :( 

I'm related to Ernest Hemingway and my father is a famous radiologist.

"Davey Crockett is some rather ancient relative of mine. Other than that, there's a remote chance that I'm related to Elvis and I have some Canadian Native American royalty in my blood."

I am a descendant of Theodore Roosevelt.

"JackiJinx said:

"Davey Crockett is some rather ancient relative of mine. Other than that, there's a remote chance that I'm related to Elvis and I have some Canadian Native American royalty in my blood."

What exactly is Canadian Native American?"

"JackiJinx said:

"Davey Crockett is some rather ancient relative of mine. Other than that, there's a remote chance that I'm related to Elvis and I have some Canadian Native American royalty in my blood."

What exactly is Canadian Native American?"

Two of my cousins were trying out for the 49ers today, so maybe soon I can add them.

Also, let's not forget, I am going to save the world, so I'm here to mention myself.

"anyone you ever have sex with in your entire life is at least your distant, distant cousin."

Grandfather was an engineer on the Titanic.. that turned out well.
Uncle was a volunteer but is now dead.
A distant cousin is a well known singer round these parts, but i wont elaborate, too distantly related to count.

"As for me, no one well-known. I hope to be the first one."

My second cousin is a V8 Supercar driver, Mark Skaife.

My Grandpa was the Cheif enigneer for Hurbert Hoovers aircraft (before airforce 1) So he was in charge of the presidents plane.

Two cousins of mine did do some serious jail time.   Apparently it was related to a murder, the one brother killed a guy and the other brother helped him cover it up.  "Gang bullshit" from what my brother told me.   If you can't be famous be infamous I guess.

My grandfather worked on parts / measured stuff for the first Lunar Rover.  He was in the engine room of an aircraft carrier in WW2.  He also owned a mountain in Colorado, but his wife (grandmother) sold it a few years back.  It was called the Rimrock in Durango, CO (it was on CNN once cause part of it fell off after fireworks on July 4th...1998 I think).

My great aunt was cousins with Buffalo Bill Cody.  My great great grandfather and his brother built this huge hotel that was on "homes of the rich and famous" or something.  It's like over a thousand bucks a night there.   They let my grandparents stay 1 night there because of them being descendants (but only 1 night).  It's now owned on that brother's side of the family.
My sister and brother-in-law worked with the Illinois Governor a lot and meet famous politicians all the time (like Sarah Palin, ack, they like her).  Bro-in-law met a dude who worked on the Robotech anime and twittered me while talking to me (and I talked to him indirectly).

Closest thing to famous I've done is submit my idea for a level in the game "Aliens vs Predator" that the developers e-mailed me back saying it was a good idea and they'd use it.  It was in the 1st level as Marines when you walk down a long halway with lights on the ceiling that 'come at you'.  The lights turn on and off in a sequence that they are lighting up toward you.  Anywho, I was proud of that.

"Michael Swaim said: 

"anyone you ever have sex with in your entire life is at least your distant, distant cousin."

And sometimes...not so distant...(friend of mine dated her cousin...not 2nd or 3rd, straight up cousin)

My grandfather helped design a bunch of crazy military vehicles, most recently for Picatinny Arsenal, for his entire life and, upon retiring, got a signed letter from the President (Dubya, at the time). I think one of the things he worked on was the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.

"My second cousin is a V8 Supercar driver, Mark Skaife. "

"My grandfather worked on parts / measured stuff for the first Lunar Rover.  He was in the engine room of an aircraft carrier in WW2.  He also owned a mountain in Colorado, but his wife (grandmother) sold it a few years back.  It was called the Rimrock in Durango, CO (it was on CNN once cause part of it fell off after fireworks on July 4th...1998 I think).My great aunt was cousins with Buffalo Bill Cody.  My great great grandfather and his brother built this huge hotel that was on "homes of the rich and famous" or something.  It's like over a thousand bucks a night there.   They let my grandparents stay 1 night there because of them being descendants (but only 1 night).  It's now owned on that brother's side of the family.My sister and brother-in-law worked with the Illinois Governor a lot and meet famous politicians all the time (like Sarah Palin, ack, they like her).  Bro-in-law met a dude who worked on the Robotech anime and twittered me while talking to me (and I talked to him indirectly).Closest thing to famous I've done is submit my idea for a level in the game "Aliens vs Predator" that the developers e-mailed me back saying it was a good idea and they'd use it.  It was in the 1st level as Marines when you walk down a long halway with lights on the ceiling that 'come at you'.  The lights turn on and off in a sequence that they are lighting up toward you.  Anywho, I was proud of that."

My cousin Greg was once on the run from the law.  His crime: Stealing license plates.

Can't nobody beat that.

"My cousin Greg was once on the run from the law.  His crime: Stealing license plates.Can't nobody beat that."

"FiestaUnicorn said:

"My cousin Greg was once on the run from the law.  His crime: Stealing license plates.Can't nobody beat that."

Dude, Themasters relative was called Buffalo fucking Bill.!!"

My grandma dated that guy from the Sound of Music...

My dad is listed as one of the top three corporate advertising lawyers in the country, and he was a lead litigator in the Napster case. My "papa" (aka my mom's dad) is a renowned architect and probably the nicest man on the planet. And er...my brother is a belligerent ass, but can play guitar like a mofo; so because my dad was, for a period of time, Trent Reznor's lawyer, when Reznor was told that my brother played guitar and was a huge fan of his, Reznor asked my dad to tell my bro to send him a tape of my brother's skillz. My brother recorded himself jamming out and gave it to my dad to give to Trent Reznor. Then Reznor gave my brother his guitar and told him to keep it up, because he had serious talent....

Lucky bastard. =*/

"Grandfather was an engineer on the Titanic.. that turned out well.Uncle was a volunteer but is now dead.A distant cousin is a well known singer round these parts, but i wont elaborate, too distantly related to count."