tntgoodwin Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Joseph Smith. My 12th great grandfather, Edward Fuller, was his 5th great grandfather, or something like that. Anyway, I am not LDS, but I thought it was interesting, especially considering the importance I have heard that LDS folks place on genealogy. Also, IIRC, I am also related to Richard Gere through the same ancestor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Neat! I'm supposedly related to Ernest Hemingway somehow. I've found the name on my grandmother's side, but haven't dug to find the connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.... Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 :lol: My husband is related to the Reverend Moon (the Korean guy who does all those mass marriages). That cracks me up every time I think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 That's cool :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Neat!I'm supposedly related to Ernest Hemingway somehow. I've found the name on my grandmother's side, but haven't dug to find the connection. Uh Carrie, this one's for you! :) http://cubalibrerestaurant.com/i/do-it-like-ernest/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Joseph Smith. My 12th great grandfather, Edward Fuller, was his 5th great grandfather, or something like that. Anyway, I am not LDS, but I thought it was interesting, especially considering the importance I have heard that LDS folks place on genealogy. Also, IIRC, I am also related to Richard Gere through the same ancestor. Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleIzumi Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Cool! I've got a knight in my history, but no recognizable names yet. That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Uh Carrie, this one's for you! :) http://cubalibrerestaurant.com/i/do-it-like-ernest/ Oy! How in the world am I going to catch up?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Cool! I'm descended from some of Joseph Smith's friends. Doesn't that make us...like...grand-step-friends thrice removed or something? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 That's pretty cool. Joseph Smith and Emma Smith, as well as quite a few political American folks, are descended from Mayflower passengers. I don't know who Edward Fuller was, someone famous from history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tntgoodwin Posted July 11, 2011 Author Share Posted July 11, 2011 He was a Mayflower passenger. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmoe Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 How Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara in AZ Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 It is rumored that I have ancestry linked to Shakespeare. While I am LDS (cool that you are related to J.S., O.P.!) I have yet to really get into family history... or, I shouldn't admit this on this board, into Shakespeare, either. But I'm going to work on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdesigns Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 My sister and I just always thought that we were related to a bunch of carpet baggers and hobos, but, in doing our genealogy this year, we found out that we are direct descendants of the Howards, sad that Henry the VIII beheaded so many of my relatives. Through that line, I also am directly related to Benjamin Harrison, Jamestown, and president. We had no idea, our grandmother never told us any of this, she never liked that side of the family, she said they were mean. My dad never had relatives, ever, come to find out, it's because the majority of them died in the holocaust. Found the links, found ship records, found everything. His grandparents came over in he late 1890's, left the rest of their family in Germany, and became Christian to hide their identity. a small part of his family escaped to South Africa, then to Israel. Here's the kicker, I'm Orthodox Christian, my Name Saint is Saint Maria Skobstova, she died in Ravensbruck concentration camp, was arrested for helping Jews escape the Nazis in France. She was in the camp with many of the female women of my family. Freaked me out when I realized that. I'm now obsessed with Genealogy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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