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hbk4894
27-04-2017, 06:07 PM
I don't.
ebandit
27-04-2017, 06:15 PM
https://s19.postimg.org/xm8ten6kz/020.jpg

dick turpin..............................edouard manet.............

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MB.
27-04-2017, 06:16 PM
Yes, I can see how Manet's artistic talents have been carried down through the generations
ebandit
27-04-2017, 06:25 PM
...........but don't forget dick's thievery...................

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ebandit
28-04-2017, 08:34 AM
........and there was lucy of africa.............circa 3 million years bc

Mark L
Gusto Brunt
28-04-2017, 08:48 AM
Not really but my late great-grandfather was World Championship Bowls Champion. ;)
smudgie
28-04-2017, 11:23 AM
No idea, but I reckon we will all have some claim to fame if we go back far enough...the same applies to infamy of course:joker:
Withano
28-04-2017, 11:29 AM
Adam and Eve x
Niamh.
28-04-2017, 11:29 AM
Adam and Eve x

:laugh: Well played sir
Nicky91
28-04-2017, 11:47 AM
a PSV footballer, Coen Dillen nickname the cannon :hee:
Maru
29-04-2017, 03:05 AM
Yes actually, Mary Phagan. Her murder led to a lynching and reinvigorated the KKK (:conf2:), look up "Knights of Mary Phagan"... there is at least one movie about it and there's some historical significance there tying into American history.

I don't remember exactly how exactly we were connected. Our family is out of the same area, but probably a distant cousin at best.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Frank#Frank.27s_alleged_sexual_behavior
http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Knights_of_Mary_Phagan


This isn't a family celebrity exactly, but one of my grandmothers used to be very good friends with the Shipleys and they started a popular donut chain in Houston that's spread out since then. She used to tell me stories of how the parents (the original owners) used to bake her donuts from their oven when she came over to play with the kids. That puts her up there on the A list for me. Shipley Donuts is simply amazing. ♪ :love: My metabolism has finally slowed though and certain types of sugar cause a burning sensation in my back, so I don't really have donuts too often anymore. Unfortunately. :(

These are my favorite ones:

http://www.shipleydonuts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/shipley-donuts.jpg