Ps762 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2012, 102 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 1984 times:
Hi!
This is kinda a stupid question sorry but was wondering if anyone on here has a famous relative at all. They don't have to be famous like George Clooney or Barack Obama just somewhat famous is fine.
Personally I don't really have any. I have an uncle who was like a surgeon but they don't really become famous except among medical professionals! I also have a cousin who has a 25 million dollar house and nowone knows what he does for a living but that is hopefully not infamous!
Ps762 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2012, 102 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1861 times:
Hi!
Many thanks. That is cool. I used to watch LA Law a lot. It was a cool show. Unfortunately it shows my age. Recently I met soneone in their 20s who works in law and I started asking them about LA Law and stuff and they didn't know what I was talking about!
Aaron747 From Japan, joined Aug 2003, 7635 posts, RR: 28 Reply 3, posted (4 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1813 times:
My uncle in the San Francisco area is doing well in tech circles as an innovative designer of office space. His architectural firm made it big awhile back with a big contract for a good chunk of the interior design work for the Pixar headquarters. That project alone set the rest of his career on track.
His firm recently did this lovely building for a venture capital firm:
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Geezer From United States of America, joined Aug 2010, 1418 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1668 times:
Quoting Ps762 (Thread starter): They don't have to be famous like George Clooney or Barack Obama just somewhat famous is fine.
George who ? (boy, your idea of "who's famous" in the U.S. is really "strange" ! )
The closest I've come to any "famous relatives" is when I was in the Navy from Dec.'51 to Dec.'55; One of my friends and I met a couple of nice girls in the Boston Commons, ( a big park in downtown Boston, Mass. ) The girl I was "with" lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. and invited me to come to NYC on a week end, and stay with her and her family. I started going to NYC every few weeks, and on one trip down, she asked if I would like to go to the Metropolitan Opera and see "Carmen". ( I guess I had mentioned that I was fond of Opera, and that "Carmen" was one of my favorites ) Anyway, I said, "sure, I'd LOVE to go to the Met, but I'm just a "poor sailor", and going to the Met is VERY expensive!"
So she says, "oh, that's not a problem.......my aunt is IN the opera, and she'll give me free tickets"; well, that sounds just great, but are you sure that someone in the opera chorus can even GET free tickets ? To which she says, "oh, she's not in the chorus, she's singing the title roll, and her name is Rise' Stevens ! ( For anyone unfamiliar with Grand Opera in the 1950's, Rise' Stevens was THE leading soprano in the world at the time, and was VERY FAMOUS for her portrayal of "Carmen"! )
So we went to Manhattan Saturday evening,(from her home in Brooklyn), saw the opera, THEN were invited to "attend" a reception with a "few friends" in the "Star's" dressing room, ( the "few friends" turned out to be about half of the millionaires in NYC at he time,) and at that point, I had VERY meager experience "mingling" with millionaires; after all the "hoopla" over the opera was over with, Miss Stevens INSISTED that we "stay over" at "her place", and have brunch the next morning with a few more "friends"; "her place" turned out to be a HUGE suite at the Waldorf-Astoria !
So if you think all of these "rockers" "live well", check out how famous opera divas "live" !
Charley
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Ps762 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2012, 102 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1659 times:
Hi!
Many thanks for the replies. Is interesting to hear and stuff. Those Pixar headquaters look really nice. It's amazing what selling lots of DVD's can buy I guess!
Dragna was the "Don Of LA" for a couple of decades.He is related to another side of our family in which only my grandfather came across him,non-business(lol), and Dragna does come up in discussion from time to time.
MD11Engineer From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 13336 posts, RR: 64 Reply 9, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1568 times:
Quoting Geezer (Reply 5): George who ? (boy, your idea of "who's famous" in the U.S. is really "strange" ! )
The closest I've come to any "famous relatives" is when I was in the Navy from Dec.'51 to Dec.'55; One of my friends and I met a couple of nice girls in the Boston Commons, ( a big park in downtown Boston, Mass. ) The girl I was "with" lived in Brooklyn, N.Y. and invited me to come to NYC on a week end, and stay with her and her family. I started going to NYC every few weeks, and on one trip down, she asked if I would like to go to the Metropolitan Opera and see "Carmen". ( I guess I had mentioned that I was fond of Opera, and that "Carmen" was one of my favorites ) Anyway, I said, "sure, I'd LOVE to go to the Met, but I'm just a "poor sailor", and going to the Met is VERY expensive!"
So she says, "oh, that's not a problem.......my aunt is IN the opera, and she'll give me free tickets"; well, that sounds just great, but are you sure that someone in the opera chorus can even GET free tickets ? To which she says, "oh, she's not in the chorus, she's singing the title roll, and her name is Rise' Stevens ! ( For anyone unfamiliar with Grand Opera in the 1950's, Rise' Stevens was THE leading soprano in the world at the time, and was VERY FAMOUS for her portrayal of "Carmen"! )
So we went to Manhattan Saturday evening,(from her home in Brooklyn), saw the opera, THEN were invited to "attend" a reception with a "few friends" in the "Star's" dressing room, ( the "few friends" turned out to be about half of the millionaires in NYC at he time,) and at that point, I had VERY meager experience "mingling" with millionaires; after all the "hoopla" over the opera was over with, Miss Stevens INSISTED that we "stay over" at "her place", and have brunch the next morning with a few more "friends"; "her place" turned out to be a HUGE suite at the Waldorf-Astoria !
So if you think all of these "rockers" "live well", check out how famous opera divas "live" !
aloha73g From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2301 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1562 times:
MLB All-Star & World Series Champion Shane Victorino is a cousin of mine...his grandma and my grandma are 1st cousins.
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Silver1SWA From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 4536 posts, RR: 26 Reply 11, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1527 times:
My half-sister (same dad) was step-cousins with Stone Temple Pilots front man, Scott Weiland, through her mother's side. They were pretty close through their teenage years and they still keep in touch. Whenever the band tours she tries to go and meet up with him back stage. I got to come along and meet him a few years ago.
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jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1518 times:
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My great uncle was on the 1932 New York Yankees World Series Team. Legend has it Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig had lunch at my Grandma's house one time while passing through town. Though part of me believes it is a fantasy. My uncle is a well known sales trainer/speaker named Brian Sullivan. Apparently he's got a pretty good following.
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steeler83 From United States of America, joined Feb 2006, 8809 posts, RR: 19 Reply 13, posted (4 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 1511 times:
You all remember Everybody Loves Raymond? You remember Robert, played by Brad Garrett? Yeah, he's my wife's 2nd cousin; my father-in-law's first cousin. He is the son of my wife's grandmother's brother... I've already met him a few times. Most recently, I met him last year at a stand-up show in Atlantic City, and he brought his girlfriend. He hugged me and said, "welcome to the mishbucha (family)."
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sccutler From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 5091 posts, RR: 28 Reply 18, posted (4 months 3 weeks 4 days ago) and read 1303 times:
Not really.
My grandfather "invented" (not really an invention, per se, but devised the idea) the practice of sounding a chime precisely on the hour on radio. That was on WOR in New York. He also made star and sun charts used by Admiral Byrd in his Arctic and Antarctic expeditions. Naval architect by profession.
My only real claim to fame is that Superfly is my Brother From Another Mother.
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iFlyLOTs From United States of America, joined Apr 2012, 380 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 23 hours ago) and read 1284 times:
I was once pulled over by Drew Peterson...
And if you go way back my grandmother on my fathers rise is related to the House of Radziwiłł which was at one point in history the royal family in Poland and Lithuania.
kiwirob From New Zealand, joined Jun 2005, 5286 posts, RR: 3 Reply 22, posted (4 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 1252 times:
Quoting Geezer (Reply 5): George who ? (boy, your idea of "who's famous" in the U.S. is really "strange" ! )
I'd say on a world wide scale George Clooney has far and away eclipsed the fame of your singer lady (who I had never heard of until I read what you wrote).
Going back a fair way my most famous relative was John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch otherwise know as the Red Comyn, he was the chap Robert the Bruce stabbed to death in Greyfriars Church in Dumfries.
SmokinL1011 From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 122 posts, RR: 0 Reply 23, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1133 times:
I have a 2nd cousin we would consider famous here on A.net....
He was a JFK based 707 pilot for Pan Am in the 60s and 70s, went to the 747 in the mid 70s. He also worked on the L15 in the 80s doing South American runs.
DeltaMD90 From United States of America, joined Apr 2008, 5303 posts, RR: 47 Reply 24, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1129 times:
I can honestly say I have no famous family OR friends. The most famous person I've ever met was probably Jimmy Carter on an elementary or middle school trip when I was young, and all I did was shake his hand (I think.) Pretty lame
atrude777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2003, 5613 posts, RR: 54 Reply 25, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1105 times:
Great Uncle on Dad's Side--Neil Armstrong (by Marriage)
Great Uncle 2 on Dad's side--George "Barney" Ross..1st Officer on the PT109 Boat, was credited for Saving JFK before he was President. Not famous but very well known among military folks and the white house.
President Hoover is a Cousin on my Mom's Side of the Family
That's all I am aware of!
Alex
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Cadet985 From United States of America, joined Mar 2002, 1408 posts, RR: 5 Reply 26, posted (4 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1045 times:
Not sure if it's 100% true, but supposedly Robert Stack, of "The Untouchables" and "Unsolved Mysteries" was a distant cousin of my great grandfather on my dad's side. Great grandfather's last name was Shestack, and he had always been told that all the stacks are related. I haven't had the time or the inclination to do the extensive research needed to validate this.
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