Are you related to or descended from anyone famous or renowned?

<p>mencius… ancient times yo</p>

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^This dude is my uncle.</p>

<p>I’m also related to the Queen of England. She’s a distant cousin of mine.</p>

<p>Oh! And I forgot about Pocahontas. =)</p>

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<p>Is it weird that I also thought this after realizing that Mussolini was an unlikely possibility?</p>

<p>joseph lieberman is my distant uncle of sorts.</p>

<p>No one comes to mind.</p>

<p>I know some students who are related to famous people though!</p>

<p>Everyone is at least 50th cousins with everyone else.</p>

<p>As for direct descent… [Irish</a> High King Brian Boru](<a href=“http://www.dac-editions.com/gallery/245boruG.jpg]Irish”>http://www.dac-editions.com/gallery/245boruG.jpg).</p>

<p>Also, a grandparent is pretty closely related to a certain Irish Republican Army leader.</p>

<p>My mother’s cousin works for Obama in the white house.</p>

<p>I’m sort of related to Dinesh D’Souza ,president of King’s College, but that’s not really a great school so sadly no fame.</p>

<p>I know Paul Simon’s daughter and J.D Salinger’s grandson.</p>

<p>We’re all descendants of Adam and Eve.</p>

<p>EDIT: I guess somebody beat me to it.</p>

<p>I’m related to an Iron Chef :D</p>