Where can I find out if Im related to someone famous?

Question

whats a good website?

Answer 1

ancestry,com has theanswers you seek .but you must be a paying member to find out anything ok best of luck

Answer 2

do you think that "someone famous" would put his family tree up for grabs?

What's the level of "famousness" you're looking for?

GW Bush, Paris Hilton... or your local TV channel newscaster?

Answer 3

Am-I-Famous.com will do it for you. I put your name in for you and it showed me your complete family tree. I hope no one else does it. Your widowed grandmother doesn't need any more flim-flam men calling at her home.

Your uncle LeRoy was quite the scamp, wasn't he? Four children by four women, and he only married two of them.

You are related to Brad Pitt's cousin Cletus Pitt, who lives in Springfield. Don't go over to his house to steal the pink flamingos off his lawn. He gets tired of that.

By now I hope you see I was kidding, and why a web site like you describe would not be a wise idea. Besides that, who would enter the data for all of the non-famous relatives of famous people?

Answer 4

Go here and look up your ancestry, you never know you might have a serial killer in your line

http://www.familysearch.org/

Answer 5

Other than the traditional books and periodicals, there are so many websites.

But, if you want to know if you are related to someone famous, yes, you are.  Your ancestors included Nefertiti, Confucius and Julius Caesar.  (See: “Mapping Human History: Discovering the Past Through Our Genes” by Steve Olson

"Genealogy 101" by Barbara Renick and

"Trace Your Roots with DNA: Using Genetic Tests to Explore Your Family Tree" by Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak and Ann Turner.

You should start by asking all your living relatives about family history.  Then, armed with that information, you can go to your public library and check to see if it has a genealogy department.  Most do nowadays; also, don't forget to check at community colleges, universities, etc.  Our public library has both www.ancestry.com and www.heritagequest.com free for anyone to use (no library card required).

Another place to check out is any of the Mormon's Family History Centers.  They allow people to search for their family history (and, NO, they don't try to convert you).

A third option is one of the following websites:

http://www.searchforancestors.com/...

http://www.censusrecords.net/?o_xid=2739...

http://www.usgenweb.com/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.rootsweb.com/

http://www.ukgenweb.com/

http://www.archives.gov/

http://www.familysearch.org/

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/...

http://www.cyndislist.com/

http://www.geni.com/

Cyndi's has the most links to genealogy websites, whether ship's passenger lists, ancestors from Africa, ancestors from the Philippines, where ever and whatever.

Of course, you may be successful by googling: "john doe, born 1620, plimouth, massachusetts" as an example.

Good luck and have fun!

Check out this article on five great free genealogy websites:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article...

Answer 6

You can only find out if you're related to someone famous if you actually ask people in your family or research your family history. Sorry to burst the bubble, but you have to put some work in, and you might not find any fame at all.

Answer 7

where can i find a ood website to find out if im related to someone famous?

Answer 8

It doesn't work that way.  You have to research your family tree, which will not be all, if any, on line.  Then you would have to do the same for the other person and see if your family trees cross paths any where.  It takes years to do your own tree, so you need to get it out of your head that you can just enter your name on some website and *poof*, it will list all your famous relatives.