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[Dago]

Congrats on being related to one of the worst presidents in history. 

He is related to Jimmy Carter?

[Tupac]

He is related to Jimmy Carter?

I know a guy named Jimmy Carter. He introduces himself like "Hi, I'm Jimmy Carter. No relation."

[pervert]

Some of my kin folk got stoned with Robert the Plant.

I paid an extra 20 bucks for the more in depth search, and found out that I'm related to Adam of Eden. 

 

[cpxxx]

Go back a thousand years or so and you're equally related to an awful lot of people. Quite a lot of kings in that list, too many if you ask me. I think more realistically most of us are related to an obscure peasant somewhere in Eastern Europe.

There is an Irish king, Niall of the Nine Hostages 1500 years back whose DNA is carried by millions of people all over the world. He had a lot of kids apparently. Anywhere the Irish went but particularly prevalent in the North west of Ireland. Which as it happens is where my maternal Grandfather came from. So I may indeed be related to a King. But our family have trouble figuring out what happened to our paternal Grandfather who was a sailor and disappeared mysteriously sometime in the thirties. If we can't figure that one out, what chance do we have going back a thousand years?

On the other hand a legendry warrior who shares my surname was killed at the Battle of Clontarf way back in 1014! Given how few people have that name. There has to be a connection.
 

[Seanaldinho]

Go back a thousand years or so and you're equally related to an awful lot of people. Quite a lot of kings in that list, too many if you ask me. I think more realistically most of us are related to an obscure peasant somewhere in Eastern Europe.

There is an Irish king, Niall of the Nine Hostages 1500 years back whose DNA is carried by millions of people all over the world. He had a lot of kids apparently. Anywhere the Irish went but particularly prevalent in the North west of Ireland. Which as it happens is where my maternal Grandfather came from. So I may indeed be related to a King. But our family have trouble figuring out what happened to our paternal Grandfather who was a sailor and disappeared mysteriously sometime in the thirties. If we can't figure that one out, what chance do we have going back a thousand years?

On the other hand a legendry warrior who shares my surname was killed at the Battle of Clontarf way back in 1014! Given how few people have that name. There has to be a connection.
 

I need to delve into my Irish history, its a little hard living in the states though. I do know that one of my Uncles was executed by the Brits  .  My dad did say our family name (O'Conghaile) carries some respect though.

[RTHolmes]

cool site, not cheap though. a cousin of mine has been researching for years now and gone back a long way, but the trail goes cold in 1276!

[Melvin]

I'm related to "Dashing" Jack O'reardon.

He was a lady's man and gambler.

Poor "Dashing" Jack, they found him floating in the Chicago River with a knife in his back.

That's as famous as it gets for me. Some guy that made the papers... in the obits.

 

[curry1]

He is related to Jimmy Carter?

If you could make every single possible decision to ensure the Civil War.  You would be Buchanan.

[kilo2]

I know my great grandmother and her sister came over from county Clare Ireland when they were both really young. I don't know much about my fathers side past the civil war.

[Babalonian]

He is my 76th great grandfather


Seleucus I Nicator Satrap Babylon Syria (358 - 281)
is your 76th great grandfather
Antiochus I Soter of Syria (324 - 261)
Son of Seleucus I Nicator Satrap Babylon
Antiochus II Theos Seleucid of Syria (286 - 246)
Son of Antiochus I Soter of
Seleucus II Kallinikos Callinicus King of Syria (265 - 226)
Son of Antiochus II Theos Seleucid of
ANTIOCHUS MEGAS the Great King of Syria (242 - 187)
Son of Seleucus II Kallinikos Callinicus King of
Seleucus IV Philopator Seleucid of King of Syria (217 - 175)
Son of ANTIOCHUS MEGAS the Great
King Demetrius I Soter Of Syria (162 - 150)
Son of Seleucus IV Philopator Seleucid of
Sanvoritcus of Syria (60 - 35)
Son of King Demetrius I Soter Of
Altoy Of Turkey (100 - )
Son of Sanvoritcus of
Vengor of Turkey (120 - )
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Sktobius Of Turkey
Son of Vengor of
Lnor Frey
Son of Sktobius Of
Bengori Frey (163 - 202)
Son of Lnor
Yngvi Of Turkey (214 - 254)
Son of Bengori
Njord Swedes (214 - 254)
Son of Yngvi Of
Yngvi Frey (235 - 326)
Son of Njord
Fjolnir Yngvi Freysson (256 - )
Son of Yngvi Frey
Sveigthir Fjolnirsson Uppsala
Son of Fjolnir
Vanlandi Svegdasson (298 - )
Son of Sveigthir Fjolnirsson
Visbur Vanlandasson (319 - 339)
Son of Vanlandi
Domaldi Visbursson (340 - 431)
Son of Visbur
Domar Domaldasson (361 - 452)
Son of Domaldi
Dyggvi Domarsson (382 - 473)
Son of Domar
Dag Dyggvasson (394 - 494)
Son of Dyggvi
Agni Dagsson (424 - 459)
Son of Dag
Alrek Agnasson (445 - 536)
Son of Agni
Yngvi Alreksson King of Sweden (466 - 499)
Son of Alrek
Jorund Yngvasson (487 - 509)
Son of Yngvi
Aun Aged Ani Jorundsson Uppsala / 78th G.G.Father (509 - 619)
Son of Jorund
King Egil Aunsson In Sweden (530 - 555)
Son of Aun Aged Ani
Ottar 'Vendilkraka' Egilsson, King In Sweden (535 - 596)
Son of King Egil
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Son of Ottar 'Vendilkraka'
Eystein Adilsson (594 - 620)
Son of King Adils 'The Great'
KING Ingvar "THE TALL" Eysteinsson (616 - 642)
Son of Eystein
Braut Onund Ingvarsson (616 - 660)
Son of KING Ingvar "THE TALL"
Ingjald Braut Onundsson (660 - 681)
Son of Braut Onund
Olaf Ingjaldsson (682 - 710)
Son of Ingjald
Halfdan Olafsson
Son of Olaf
Eysteinn Halfdansson (736 - 780)
Son of Halfdan
Halfdan Eysteinsson (746 - 800)
Son of Eysteinn
Ivar VIDFAME SWEDEN Halfdansson (612 - 830)
Son of Halfdan
Eystein "Glumra" (Jarl of The Uplands) Ivarsson (800 - 846)
Son of Ivar VIDFAME SWEDEN
Rognvald "The Wise" (Jarl of More) Eysteinsson (830 - 890)
Son of Eystein "Glumra" (Jarl of The Uplands)
Robert I, Rollo Duke of Normandy Ragnvaldsson (870 - 932)
Son of Rognvald "The Wise" (Jarl of More)
William I Longsword (900 - 942)
Son of Robert I, Rollo Duke of Normandy
Richard I Normandy (933 - 996)
Son of William I
Richard II The Good of Normandy (958 - 1027)
Son of Richard I
Robert I Magnificent Normandy (1000 - 1035)
Son of Richard II The Good of
Drogo De Montagu (1040 - 1086)
Son of Robert I Magnificent
William Monte Acuto (1072 - 1156)
Son of Drogo De
William DeMonte Acuto (1095 - 1156)
Son of William
Alice, Dame de Monte Acuto (1120 - 1230)
Daughter of William
William (Montagu) de Montacute (1157 - 1217)
Son of Alice, Dame
Drew Drogo De Montagu De Montacute (1185 - 1216)
Son of William (Montagu)
William DeMontagu DeMontacute (1213 - 1270)
Son of Drew Drogo
Simon(Lord Montagu) De Montagu/Montacute (1250 - 1316)
Son of William
William(Lord Montagu) De Montagu (1275 - 1320)
Son of Simon(Lord Montagu)
Lady Catherine Montague (1308 - 1415)
Daughter of William(Lord Montagu)
Thomas Sir VII Carrington (1330 - 1380)
Son of Lady Catherine
John Carrington Smith (1386 - 1446)
Son of Thomas Sir VII
Thomas Smith (1446 - 1500)
Son of John
John Smythe Lord of Blackmore Manor (1496 - 1544)
Son of Thomas
David Smyth (1516 - 1546)
Son of John
Anne Smythe (1522 - 1610)
Daughter of David
Robert Wilkins (1560 - 1603)
Son of Anne
Captain Robert Wilkins (1590 - 1649)
Son of Robert
John Wilkins (1614 - 1672)
Son of Captain Robert
John Wilkins (1638 - 1674)
Son of John
Thomas Wilkins (1680 - 1735)
Son of John
Mary Wilkins (1703 - 1728)
Daughter of Thomas
Thomas Rakestraw (1718 - 1774)
Son of Mary
Lucretia Rakestraw (1758 - 1785)
Daughter of Thomas
Bevan Flitcraft (1781 - 1861)
Son of Lucretia
George Flitcraft (1823 - )
Son of Bevan
Elwood E Flitcraft (1878 - )
Son of George
Carmault B Jackson (1897 - 1981)
Son of Elwood E
Carmault Benjamin Jackson (1924 - 2001)
Son of Carmault B
Molly Anne Jackson (1959 - )
Daughter of Carmault Benjamin
David White
You are the son of Molly Anne - (not you?)

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I think it's great.

Oddly enough, my brother in law (I think ~29 yo) has struck up a good relationship with another Ancestry.comaholic, my grandmother (born in '28 or '29 I think).

[cpxxx]

I need to delve into my Irish history, its a little hard living in the states though. I do know that one of my Uncles was executed by the Brits  .  My dad did say our family name (O'Conghaile) carries some respect though

O'Conghaille = Connolly, quite a common name. But could you be related to the famous James Connolly one of the leaders of the 1916 rising, who was executed by the British in even though he was dying of wounds anyway? Or is that family legend? He's pretty famous.

The Brits didn't actually execute that many people. In fact the Irish executed more Irishmen in the civil war that followed than the British ever did. I'm afraid I spoiled my wife's cherished family story about their Grandad. Apparently he often told the tale of how he sat in his cell in prison and saw his friends being taken away and shot by the merciless Brits. Interested, I researched it and discovered that in fact he was probably on the losing side of the civil war as were his friends and they were executed by the merciless Irish army

Here's a website which lists a lot of people who died or were executed in one form or other at the time.
Maybe he's in there somewhere.
http://irishmedals.org/index.html

[Seanaldinho]

O'Conghaille = Connolly, quite a common name. But could you be related to the famous James Connolly one of the leaders of the 1916 rising, who was executed by the British in even though he was dying of wounds anyway? Or is that family legend? He's pretty famous.

The Brits didn't actually execute that many people. In fact the Irish executed more Irishmen in the civil war that followed than the British ever did. I'm afraid I spoiled my wife's cherished family story about their Grandad. Apparently he often told the tale of how he sat in his cell in prison and saw his friends being taken away and shot by the merciless Brits. Interested, I researched it and discovered that in fact he was probably on the losing side of the civil war as were his friends and they were executed by the merciless Irish army

Here's a website which lists a lot of people who died or were executed in one form or other at the time.
Maybe he's in there somewhere.
http://irishmedals.org/index.html

No it isnt him I dont think. My uncle was executed by the British at the post office. We hail from Galway btw.

[Rash]

Some of my kin folk got stoned with Robert the Plant.

I paid an extra 20 bucks for the more in depth search, and found out that I'm related to Adam of Eden. 

Think he was my 76th grandfather.

[cpxxx]

No it isnt him I dont think. My uncle was executed by the British at the post office. We hail from Galway btw.

Guess which city I'm living in right now?    Just two minutes from Galway Bay! Originally from Dublin though.

Well you should be able to trace what actually happened to your uncle. The events of the time are well documented. It could be very interesting.

[JimmyD3]

He is related to Jimmy Carter?

No that would have to be Barak Obama.