Do you have any famous ancestors or relatives?

Question

I'm descended from Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Answer 1

No not that I know of. My family has roots in Spain but thats about it.

Answer 2

I'm distantly related to Laura Ingalls Wilder, the Wright Brothers, Ulysses S. Grant, Amelia Earhart, Alan Shepard, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Franklin D. Roosevelt and some Irish President.....

These are the decendants of the Warren/Cooke Family that came to America on the Mayflower. =D

Answer 3

Mozart baby. My ancestor's music makes plant grow faster. What can Ralph Waldo Emerson do?

Answer 4

Sacajawea, Eli Whitney, and some Egyptian nobles

Answer 5

None that I know of, but I am Scandinavian, so I might have viking ancestors.  That would explain my constant urge to ravage and pillage small coastal towns...

Answer 6

No famous direct ancestors. :(

But, at least a third of my ancestors were British colonists, so I can claim very distant relationships to a few presidents and first ladies and even more distantly, some Hollywood royalty. I love using the Ancestry.com "find famous relatives" tool and finding out Elvis is an 8th cousin once removed or Agatha Christie is a 4th cousin.

Answer 7

I think I may be related to Robert Burns (the Scottish poet).