[BuffaloJack]

Where do I start?
Admiral Richard Byrd (first to fly to South Pole)
John Glenn (dad’s fishing buddy)
Gus Grissom (dad’s fishing buddy)
Alan Shepard (dad’s fishing buddy)
Sarah Lee (my father’s 1st cousin)
Martin Denny (Jazz musician buddy of my dad)
Dave Brubeck (Jazz musician buddy of my dad)

[yarddog]

Not sure of the details but I am related to Admiral Byrd. Actually to a lot of the Byrd’s of Virginia.

[tomkat]

That, FRiend, is one AMAZING list among a whole thread of amazing lists .. the stories you must’ve heard !

[Windflier]

Your dad sure had some interesting friends. NASA?

[sarge83]

Early Mercury Astronauts, way cool!

I met Patricia Neal in her physical rehab center in the mid 1980’s and nearly ran over here in my wheelchair. I was learning how to walk again and still in the chair and came tearing down a hallway and her and her entourage were rounding a corner. I grabbed the wheels and angled it away from the lady.

She smiled real big and I apologized for nearly hitting her. She sat and talked with me a while, our relatives came came from the same coal mine camp in the Williamsburg KY area. She was a beautiful and grand Lady!

[DiogenesLamp]

Where do I start? Admiral Richard Byrd (first to fly to South Pole) John Glenn (dad’s fishing buddy) Gus Grissom (dad’s fishing buddy) Alan Shepard (dad’s fishing buddy) Sarah Lee (my father’s 1st cousin) Martin Denny (Jazz musician buddy of my dad) Dave Brubeck (Jazz musician buddy of my dad)

Makes me think your dad must be Dr. Benton Quest. :)