I May Be Related To Benjamin Franklin omg

a reply to: Shamrock6

LOOOL.

But it might explain why I do like my fake hair extensions and things! I like fake hair so much!

a reply to: geezlouise

A long long time ago in a galaxy far away Naboo was under attack.

Wait, wrong universe.

A long long time ago in the highlands of Scotland there was a dude who was a high steward and married the daughter of Robert the Bruce, and had babies and so on and so forth. That line had numerous Kings and Queens of Scotland (eventually Kings and Queens of England and Ireland as well in the 17th and early 18th century).

My lot to my understanding branched away around the mid 16th Century, becoming the poorer relations. They still however until the late 19th/early 20th C stayed around Perthshire ish.

Another branch of my tree also descended from the same, branching off around the same too.

ETA: Danke for the compliment

a reply to: BlueJacket

THAT IS CRAZY EVEN THOUGH I HAD TO GOOGLE AARON BURR.

Thomas Jefferson was one of the cooler presidents imo only because I know a little more about him than some others and so it's immediately cool that Aaron Burr was vice president during his first term.

You're illuminati af too.

Sometime ago one Frenchman told another:
-We gotta sell something to the Americans...
-How about water?
-Sure, we'll tell them it's from France....

Has anybody checked if Ancestry.com is owned by French?, they are selling stories to Americans nowdays....

a reply to: auroraaus

OMG YOU HAVE QUEEN BLOOD THATS WHY I IMMEDIATELY LOVED YOU FROM AFAR.

You're a queen in my eyes.

Thanks for sharing!

I’m related to Daniel Boone on my paternal grandmother’s side.

originally posted by: manuelram16
Sometime ago one Frenchman told another:
-We gotta sell something to the Americans...
-How about water?
-Sure, we'll tell them it's from France....

Has anybody checked if Ancestry.com is owned by French?, they are selling stories to Americans nowdays....

Psychics have been doling out your lineage and past life identities forever.

I'm curious what the paygate is for these types of sites.

My wife is a descendant of William G. Harding. Yup, the president that lost the White House china in a poker match.

And Jesse James is my fifth cousin. But for all you folks who claim ancestry back to the English monarchs, do the math. Either use 4 or 5 generations per century. 5 would have people reproduce at 20, 4 at 25. Let's use 4. So back to 1500 = 20 generations, so

1500 = 2^20 = 1,048,576 ancestors with a world population estimated at 425-500 million
1400 = 2^24 = 16,777,216 with a world population estimated at 350-400 million
1300 = 2^28 = 268,435,456 with a world population estimate of 300 million
1200 = 2^32 = 4,294,967,296 with a world population estimate of 275 million

Historical population estimates vary WIDELY and WILDLY, but they hardly matter. The fact is that your number of ancestors far exceeds the world population by the time you get 1000 years back. Obviously there is lots of overlap, lots of cousins marrying cousins and lots of "dual positions" for your ancestors. But the overall point is that when you claim you're related to William the Conqueror, well, of course you are. We all are. You're related to Julius Caesar and Ghengis Khan, too.

Do you have a natural affinity for kites? a reply to: geezlouise

a reply to: schuyler

Oh aye, I don't dispute that at all. I am fully aware I have a minute shred of DNA inherited. And that lots of us are unwittingly related, it's a no brainer.

a reply to: kaylaluv

I had to google him too but that's awesome!

He was one of the first American folk hero's, explorer and settler!!!

Ever heard of "the six degrees to Kevin Bacon"? Not trying to destroy your excitement but I don't think being related to Benjamin Franklin is as uncommon as you may think. We're all related on some level.

a reply to: abago71

The 29th President, wow!!!!

I'm learning a lot today thanks to ATS.

Related to Beatrix Potter, Buttons Gwinnett, and, sadly, Andrew Jackson.

a reply to: 3NL1GHT3N3D1

WHY CANT YOU JUST LET ME FEEL SPECIAL AND CONNECTED TO THE FRANKLINS.

I will be planning a reunion at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and all who are related is welcome, the more the merrier!

a reply to: geezlouise

YOU ARE SPECIAL!

Special Ed.

Just kidding. I'll be looking forward to the invitation.

a reply to: geezlouise

How dare you??
I am so unbelievably offended!!!

How could you not believe in the Illuminati?
Are you blind!?

a reply to: gimcrackery

OMG I WON AN AWARD FOR MOST DURABLE KITE OR SOMETHING WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I RAN OUT OF THREAD TO MAKE IT GO HIGHER AND I WAS SAD ABOUT THAT. IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW THAT ACTUALLY FLEW.

a reply to: EngineOfDoubt

Peter Rabbit, one of the Founding Fathers like Benjamin Franklin too!!!!!! Why sadly Andrew Jackson though?

a reply to: geezlouise

I'm pretty sure I'm the son of Adam Weishaupt.
Similar to vampires we live very very long.