Drop some cool family history.....

[TheNJNole]

I'll start...) ..

Recently found out that my Grandfather (died on the USS Mt Hood explosion circa 1944) is like four or five removed from Grace O'Malley. Family just went to Ireland a few weeks ago to visit her castle.

She was a PIRATE and is Irish folk lore. lol

I'm half Sicilian and half Irish

Grace O'Malley - Wikipedia

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[TheNJNole]

 

[Joe Kings]

I'll start...) ..

Recently found out that my Grandfather (died on the USS Mt Hood explosion circa 1944) is like four or five removed from Grace O'Malley. Family just went to Ireland a few weeks ago to visit her castle.

She was a PIRATE and is Irish folk lore. lol

I'm half Sicilian and half Irish

Grace O'Malley - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Cool mixture, but its like a white N word type of mix. Always my homie.

 

[Rebarcock.]

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Pally O'Malley


My greatx4 grandfather came over from Ireland in 1851(potato famine). Ended up in St Louis.
He was a giant in those days at 6ft4.
When my family moved to SC in 1980 I was told not to tell people I'm Irish Catholic. I was 8.
Now that shit doesn't matter to anyone

 

[TheNJNole]

Cool mixture, but its like a white N word type of mix. Always my homie.

Lol.... the Sicilian runz strong

 

[AgEngDawg]

Had an ancestor who was a Confederate Cavalry Officer on the Great Beefsteak Raid.

Beefsteak Raid - Wikipedia

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[Pineapple]

John Wilkes Booth… related. He had a family member - Stanley Cornwall Booth - I have a solid silver cup with his name on it. He was born June 6 1866… my birthday is 2 days off from being 100 years apart.

Payne Stewart… related. I was actually the one that called and told them about the jet issues. I called my stepmom and she was trying to trance down family. My aunt, his sister, was at a hospital where she worked as a dietician and found out in the cafeteria. His mother Bee found out when a radio station called the house and asked her about it.

George Washington Carver - supposedly, our family owned the slave that was sold and became his wife.

 

[yankmenoodle]

Two of my great, great uncles were captured by the union army. One escaped and the other joined the union army. The union army received pay. He said he did it keep his family from starving. He was the black sheep from that time on.

 

[Mahozzle]

There is a street in Schenectady, NY named Pearse Rd and it’s named after my family. Also happens to be my first born’s name.

Also somehow related to Leif Ericsson the Viking…

 

[TheNJNole]

My step dad who passed a few years ago at 92 or 93 was a pretty interesting dude...

Joined Navy and flew the SB2C off of Flattops in WWII

After the Navy, he went to Detroit Rock City to meet his "Uncle" for a job. Got his first job loading trucks from Jimmy Hoffa. His "Uncle Noonan" was a right hand enforcer for Hoffa.

Played minor league Baseball and was a Jersey City fireman.

Ran 2 NYC marathons

Million crazy stories

 

[AgEngDawg]

Had an ancestor who was a Confederate Cavalry Officer on the Great Beefsteak Raid.

Beefsteak Raid - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It goes without saying my ancestor (and ancestors) did a shit ton of fighting in Virginia and a little in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

One of my relatives were part of the Confederate units that penetrated the farthest north into Pennsylvania. They were up in York County Pennsylvania.

 

[weaponoffreedom]

Never knew my biological dad......but I believe in heredity.

Mothers side, dad ( grandfather never met ) was OSS in WW2, my biological father was a Frogman (SEAL\UDT) in Vietnam, and I joined Special Operations (USASOC). Never knew either one or knew what they did until i had already followed in their path, told by my mother long after i joined the service that my dad was not my dad. Never understood why my dad never understood my affliction for the like until then.