> So I’m blaming the son (or grandson) for the sins of the father.
It’s at least the great-grandson at this point. Henry Ford II, the grandson of Henry Ford I, died quite a while ago, and he was the last heir who actually controlled the Ford Motor Company. Only the great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren (and maybe even further down the line) are even part-owners of the company. And, furthermore, they don’t remotely control the company. They each own a little piece of the company, but so do a lot of other people.
This is as ridiculous as people who think that by boycotting Heinz products that they somehow affect John Kerry. Kerry doesn’t own any of the stock because of a pre-nuptial agreement. Teresa Kerry owns a piece of something called the Heinz Family Trust. The Heinz Family Trust owns 4% of the Heinz company. Kerry is way, way removed from any control of the Heinz company. Similarly, any Ford heir is way, way removed from any control of the Ford Motor Company.
Mike Love of the Beach Boys had a one night stand that resulted in Shawna Love, whom cousin Dennis, who hated Mike, impregnated and later married [cue banjo music here/
I remember that when Charles Kuralt died, it was discovered he spent some of his time “on the road” with family #2. There was a huge battle over his estate.
I found this thread doing a search for info on Desi Arnaz.
I will add that when, above mentioned, Patty Duke first claimed that Sean’s father was Desi Arnaz, Jr., whom she briefly dated, it was a BIG flare up, in its day. He was very young and just beginning to be groomed to be a teen star.
It’s actually questionable as to whether the child was Cleveland’s. The woman who had the baby was involved with several other men at the same time, including Cleveland’s law partner. Apparently, Cleveland agreed to take responsibility because he was the only one of the bunch who was unmarried, and it would do less damage to his reputation.
Arnaz was 17, Duke was 24 and divorced. Sean had the DNA test in hopes of claiming some of Lucille Ball’s multi-million dollar estate.
As I stated in 2004, Duke suffered from maniac-depression for years before being diagnosed and treated. Her book Call Me Anna is a fascinating read, but she still insists John Astin is Sean’s biological father.
Lynn Redgrave’s single assistant had a son Zachary and refused to name the father. Redgrave and her husband John Clark’s eldest child Benjamin later married the woman and adopted the child.
It came out over a Thanksgiving dinner that Zachary’s biological father actually was John Clark, meaning Benjamin adopted his own half-brother. And you thought your family holiday dinners were bad.
In response to the inquiry of the legal status of children born outside of wedlock, it varies from state by state. The general rule is that the child can only inherit from the mother. This is the law in Michigan, unless the father has taken steps to assert his paternity, like paying child support.
However, in response to federal rights, such as social security, military benefits, etc. they can only be claimed by legitimate children (children in which the biological parents have married). Hence the advantage of marrying first before having children, or at the least, having the child born in wedlock.
In response to Zsofia, Stom Thurmond’s illegitimate daughter wrote a book called, “Dear Senator,” about her parent’s long term-affair that resulted in her birth. It is an excellent read and the author has no bitterness toward her father. It should be noted that he paid for her college education, in addition to providing child support.
Senator Thurmond did not marry until his long-term love had passed away.
Kelsey Grammer has one flower child (should we call her flower child) as he and baby mama decided not to marry (even though his other kids, he married those moms). She is Greer Grammer who plays a ditzy cheerleader on MTV’s Awkward and was last Miss Golden Globe. Guess the point of marriage so moot cuz he’s divorced three times. Current wifey he has two kids with. Kelsey barely saw her growing up due to custody disputes or so he said, but they reconnected in her teens so they are close now. I would compare it to Steve Jobs and his eldest daughter.
Helena Christensen and Norman Reedus never married and had a son. Same dealie with Michael Sheen and Kate Beckinsale; they have a daughter. Guess Ingrid Bergman was the pioneer in Hollywood. Save money on spousal support when you already have to pay child support?
Daniel Day Lewis baby mama is Isabel Adjani.
Jude Law had an oops baby with an ex-gf, his child #4 he didn’t even acknowledge her when David Letterman asked how many children he has (he said just three with Sadie Frost). I could understand one time, but then he another oops child with another ex-gf couple of years ago. Or maybe not oops, if he was cool with affording child support.
Firstly, William Franklin was a loyalist, not a royalist ( a royalist would have supported another King entirely ); but having sworn an oath to George as an officer, and being Governor of New Jersey appointed by him it would have been pretty disgusting to forswear him and act the traitor.
Secondly. his son **William Temple Franklin **was in care in England paid for by his father, and his bug-eyed little grandfather brought him over to America in 1775; but he later returned to England after Ben failed to get him a diplomatic position; Thomas Jefferson injecting some of his usual slithery poison — ‘Thomas Jefferson commiserated with Temple over his failure to secure a post, but wrote a letter to James Monroe raising questions about the young man’s temperament and abilities.’ — in order to see if he could get the Brits to give him a diplomatic position. He lived alternately with his father, a recognised leader of the loyalist diaspora in Britain, and grandfather in each country despite their mutual hostility.
*In London, he acted as an agent of the American Robert Morris of Philadelphia, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a financier of the American Revolution, and the wealthiest man in the United States. (See Holland Land Company, The Holland Purchase, and The Morris Reserve.) In 1792, Franklin sold 12,000,000 acres (49,000 km2; 19,000 sq mi) of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase east of the Genesee River in New York state to The Pulteney Association, made up of three British investors. There was widespread land speculation in New York after the Revolution, as most of the Iroquois nations, as allies of the British, had been forced to cede their lands to the United States by the postwar treaty. Millions of acres became available for sale to investors, speculators and settlers. He died poor.
Probably not that similar, but this reminded me of Hugh Grant. IIRC, he has at least 4 kids now and they alternated between 2 ladies. Lady A. had kid #1 and #3. Lady B. had kids #2 and #4. Or maybe it was #1 and #4 with his current GF, and #2 and #3 with some chick in between.
According to Wikipedia, Grant had a child with Tinglan Hong in 2011, had one with Anna Elisabet Eberstein in 2012, had another with Hong in 2013, and is now expecting one with Eberstein:
Somewhat similar case: James Cameron, who had already been married and divorced three times by that point, had a child with Linda Hamilton, who he was living with, in 1993. He had an affair with Suzy Amis while filming Titanic. He quit that affair and went back to Hamilton, who he married in 1997. He broke up with Hamilton again. He married Amis in 2000 and has had three children with her.
Also, he was nominated but didn’t win the Oscar for Avatar. It was his third wife, Kathryn Bigelow, who won it for The Hurt Locker that year. Hey, marry and divorce enough women and eventually one of them will beat you out for the Best Director Oscar.
I vaguely remember all this. A little gem is that James and Linda’s daughter, Josephine, was childhood friends with Greer Grammer (mentioned in my earlier post).