Any kin to Special Ed?....................
Actually, he is a direct descendent of one of the men who rode with Paul Revere.
From Wikipedia:
He is the great-grandson of businessman Henry M. Dawes, who was the son of Civil War officer Rufus Dawes, who was himself the great-grandson of William Dawes, who famously rode with Paul Revere before the Battle of Lexington & Concord at the beginning of the American Revolution.
-PJ