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To: Libloather

Some people have all the luck.

There are no famous people in my ancestry.


2 posted on 07/25/2026 5:17:48 AM PDT by Jonty30 (You can tell that somebody is from the deep South when they sound like a banjo.)
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To: Jonty30

You just haven’t looked hard enough.


11 posted on 07/25/2026 5:29:28 AM PDT by Savage Beast (When the student is ready, the teacher appears. When the people are ready, the hero appears.)
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To: Jonty30

I would just asked where’s my inheritance.


28 posted on 07/25/2026 6:18:34 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Jonty30

Me, either. But I did find a young tart who ran away with a married man about 130 years ago. He left behind a young son and wife. They moved to Winnipeg from Iowa to avoid the law and got married there. He opened a livery stable and died from Glanders, a horse disease that can be picked up by humans. He was the first of two husbands she “lost.”


31 posted on 07/25/2026 6:25:51 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Jonty30
There are no famous people in my ancestry.

People have different reactions. When we first moved to Rockford, IL, we met a nice, large family at the coffee and donuts after Mass. I mentioned to my wife that the name of one of the sons was Wyatt. She responded immediately, "That can't be. Their last name is Earp." Well, it turns out they are direct descendants. The Canadian in my wife would not allow her to even consider imposing that on her son. I thought it was pretty cool. They have since moved to Idaho.
32 posted on 07/25/2026 6:29:06 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Jonty30

Does that mean you haven’t put your DNA into one of the famous search groups? They send out constant lists of how your mother’s brother’s grandfather’s aunt’s husband’s cousin was someone stunningly famous.


33 posted on 07/25/2026 6:39:27 AM PDT by mairdie
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To: Jonty30

Some people have all the luck.
There are no famous people in my ancestry.

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Infamous is more fun.
One sold liquor to (feather) Indians.
Another rode his horse into a tavern.


67 posted on 07/25/2026 11:27:27 AM PDT by dagunk
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