One of my friends claims that Blackbeard is a distant ancestor of his.
2007-08-19 10:41:57 · 10 answers · asked by Bill W 【ツ】 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
if you take a look at an old Time/Warner book series call Outlaws and Bandits. there is a guy named Augustine Chacon. Chacon is my maiden name and this guy is the spitting image of my uncle
2007-08-19 20:19:38 · answer #1 · answered by Kathryn 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you mean bad by criminally bad, yes. I had an ancestor in Aberdeen who built guns, he was connected to bandits and he supplied them with arms and even took part in raids of theirs in the northern highlands of scotland. The blackbeard thing could be true because as blackbeard travelled the seven seas he pregnated many different women on different islands and lands. So there is probably a trail of his descendents all the way from Britain, to the caribbean, to the USA!
2007-08-19 10:53:00 · answer #2 · answered by CelticPlayfair 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to http://www.ancestry.com/
Pretty Boy Floyd (1904-1934)
American Outlaw
American bank robber and alleged murderer, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd robbed so many banks in the 1930s that there was a $56,000 reward on his head.
Relationship: 5th Cousin 1 times removed
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924-)
41st President of the United States of America
President George H.W. Bush is known for leading the U.N. coalition in the Gulf War. His presidency saw the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Relationship: 7th Cousin 3 times removed
George Walker Bush (1946-)
43rd President of the United States of America
George W. Bush declared a global War on Terrorism and the overthrow of the Taliban. He also adopted the No Child Left Behind Act.
Relationship: 8th Cousin 2 times removed
Clyde Barrow (1909-1934)
Infamous American Robber
Clyde Barrow, with Bonnie Parker, traveled around the central United States during the Depression robbing small stores and gas stations.
Relationship: 9th Cousin 2 times removed
Buck Barrow (1903-1933)
American Outlaw
Marvin Ivan "Buck" Barrow was the older brother of Clyde Barrow (of the infamous duo "Bonnie and Clyde"). Barrow and his wife participated in several armed robberies and car thefts.
Relationship: 9th Cousin 2 times removed
2007-08-19 13:12:11 · answer #3 · answered by DrMichael 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have the following outlaw cousins:
Sam Bass - 2nd cousin 4x removed
Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde) - 6th cousin 2x removed
John Wesley Hardin - 5th cousin 4x removed
Jefferson "Soapy" Smith - 6th cousin 3x removed
Butch Cassidy - 8th cousin 1x removed
Pretty Boy Floyd - 7th cousin 3x removed
Edward "Ned" Kelly - 6th cousin, 7x removed
Frank and Jesse James - 8th cousins 2x removed
2007-08-19 15:53:05 · answer #4 · answered by Annabelle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, I don't know if I would call it bad per se as it was in the olden days, but my gr gr gr etc.father, I don't even remember his name at the moment, was the last man hanged in England for (?) blasphemy or something like that. It's been so long since I've touched my genealogy work, but this section is making me curious, I should get back into it.
2007-08-19 14:13:00 · answer #5 · answered by paperpenandtea 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Al Capone
2007-08-19 10:50:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he was bad, even though his tintype photo makes him look like he actually does chew nails for breakfast, but my great, great grandfather was known in the mountains of Greece as Jimmy the Assassin. This is really an American translation because in Greece his name was Demetrius.
2007-08-19 10:46:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesse and Frank James (western outlaws)
are my cousins.
I'm also (supposedly) a direct descendent of the king of Scotland, but I don't know if that's really true.
2007-08-19 10:46:15 · answer #8 · answered by penguinluvinman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hans Orsted. He determined that an electrical current had a magnetic field.
2007-08-19 10:45:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots! But they're not in any
history book.
2007-08-19 12:40:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋