Were your ancestors famous?

I’ve got Abe Lincoln on my mother’s side.

Don’t know about famous, but infamous definitely. My ancestor was, according to family lore, a royal type in Denmark who left under cover of darkness after knocking up a peasant woman.

One of mine came over on the Mayflower.

My great-great grandfather founded the town of Friendswood, TX, as a Quaker colony way back when. I think it’s a suburb of Dallas now.

He was a scout, an Indian fighter, a buffalo hunter… yikes!

I had a many-great grandfather who was an officer in the Civil War (Union side). He was shot through the cheeks (the face cheeks) and had to grow a beard to cover it up. That’s all I got :slight_smile: