Famous or Infamous!

[cheeptrick]

Are you related to anyone famous or infamous?
I'll start
Famous:
Jimmy Carter
Elvis Presley

Infamous:
John Wilkes Booth

Fade to Forest Gump walking down the street with MAWMA,
"Well, Forest...sometimes people do things that just don't make no sense!"

 

[mdbucks]

Famous- Willa Sibert Cather (author)

Infamous-???

 

[tiffanyh]

Famous---My greatgrandmother, who I was fortunate enough to get 10 years with- was a McCoy, of the Hatfield and McCoys.

Infamous??????? Who knows, maybe thats actually infamous.

 

[equine chick]

Famous- a distant cousin of lady bird johnson(claudia taylor) of my grandmother's side.
infamous??? I'm not sure, but with my relatives on my dads side i'm sure their is at least one.

 

[MayberrySaint]

Famous - Lily Tomlin

Infamous - ???

 

[CoyoteMagic]

OOOOOOOOOO here we go.

Famous--
Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather is William Penn of PA fame.

My 2nd (?) cousin (grandfathers cousin) was known for his work with people from all different backgrounds, in many different lands.................................Pope John Paul. Honest. His mother was my great-grandmothers sister. I've heard stories of him and my grandfather playing as children. My mom and her family actually used to send care packages to him&family in back in the 40's, 50's & 60's.

Distant cousin of Nate Loper AfroAmerican cowboy from days gone by.

Infamous

GreatGGGGGGGGGranddaughter of Jeremiah Danford. Slave owner in Danville, Va

 

[kstaven]

Famous "Margaret Thatcher"

Infamous "McBain Clan" Ran rum over the Canada / US border during prohibition.

 

[jeaucamom]

Famous

Both my family (adopted) and my childrens father's family came over on the Mayflower so lots of historical figures in our family tree

And my birth family supposedly my maternal grandparents were TV personalities from Britain from the mid 60's, but I don't know who they are.

Eulalie Osgood Grover - creater of the sunbonnet babies. I have one of her original handsown quilts of her sunbonnet girls.
Alexander Graham Bell - my middle name is Graham after him
William Bradford - My kids are related to him through their father
John Adams
John Quincy Adams


Infamous??
Several cattle rustlers and gamblers from Colorado many generations ago.

 

[nccountrygirl]

Famous: Zachary Taylor. US President. Moms side


Infamous: ??????????

 

[peeps7]

Famous: Bonnie Parker(Bonnie and Clyde). Bonnie is (was) my cousin.

Infamous:????