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[Dago]

I was watching the documentary on John Belushi and it turns out that we have the same ancestry in being Arbereshe

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I have the same birthday as Billie Jean King

 

[Bayouboy]

Yes

 

[Zack Lee]

Sam Bass and Frank and Jessie James are on my family tree. My great great grandmother was Sam Bass’ sister. The James brothers are slightly more distant.

 

[zatsnzapps]

I have the same birthday as Billie Jean King

Me too.

And, Rodney Dangerfield.

Oh, and we don't need to talk about that other little thing that happened on that day in history.

 

[Yatman]

my distant grandfather was mayor of prague in the 1860s

told this to the gal at popeye's drive-thru but she charged me anyway

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Me too.

And, Rodney Dangerfield.

Oh, and we don't need to talk about that other little thing that happened on that day in history.

Here’s the weird part about that
My ‘little brother’ at Jesuit was 1st cousins with Lee Harvey Oswald

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

my distant grandfather was mayor of prague in the 1860s

told this to the gal at popeye's drive-thru but she charged me anyway

My moms side of the family can trace back to 1st governor of Tennessee
Which I tend not to claim for the obvious odious reasons

 

[Zack Lee]

Here’s the weird part about that
My ‘little brother’ at Jesuit was 1st cousins with Lee Harvey Oswald

I don’t think you are maintaining seven degrees with that one.

I lived 1 block from the duplex he lived in during his NOLA days. So I’m assuming you are fairly close there now. I’d have to look again but it’s either the corner of Magazine and Robert or right next door on the Lake side of Magazine. Brian Batt lived right across the street from me so you are neighbors with him now too. When he introduced himself to me I had no idea that he was a movie person. In retrospect he seemed to think I should have.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I don’t think you are maintaining seven degrees with that one.

I lived 1 block from the duplex he lived in during his NOLA days. So I’m assuming you are fairly close there now. I’d have to look again but it’s either the corner of Magazine and Robert or right next door on the Lake side of Magazine. Brian Batt lived right across the street from me so you are neighbors with him now too

I’m running errands and am about 4 blocks from there atm

 

[saintmdterps]

My paternal grandfather invented the milk carton with the press-to-open lid, and the corrugated beer bottle cap. He also invented the machinery that made those items. He was chief engineer for Crown Cork & Seal as well as being one of the founding fathers of the company.

When I was 50, I worked with 4 women all in their mid 30's who were grandmothers. Their mothers were in their early 50's and were great-grandmothers. Go one generation further out, and my great-great-grandfather fought in the Civil War. He was born in 1835 and was a Colonel in Phil Sheridan's cavalry. We have his saber, forged in 1862 in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

 

[saintmdterps]

I’m running errands and am about 4 blocks from there atm

You mean literally running?

 

[zatsnzapps]

My paternal grandfather invented the milk carton with the press-to-open lid

That's pretty cool.

My sincere and very late apologies for all the times I probably mumbled curse words at him when trying to open those small milk cartons in grade school because they never seemed to open right and I wound up ripping the top apart instead.

 

[saintmdterps]

That's pretty cool.

My sincere and very late apologies for all the times I probably mumbled curse words at him when trying to open those small milk cartons in grade school because they never seemed to open right and I wound up ripping the top apart instead.

Yup! They worked much better on the full-size milk cartons.

Another more dubious family fact; my aunt was doing genealogical research into our mom's side of the family. In the early 20th century these folks were bankers and steamship captains, but back into the late 19th century there were connections with the Baltimore Irish mob under the family name Kerns. My aunt didn't go any further back. She was content that someone went straight and changed the family name to Turner

If you know any Turners in the Catonsville area, they're probably my kin

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

You mean literally running?

Literally ‘literally’ or figuratively‘literally’?