I'm related to a superhero. A real, not-made-up one even. He was known as La Aguila Negra. The Black Eagle. For the span of six months, for the drunks of the small Mexican Town of San Felipe Tlalmimilolpan, to know him, was to know fear. San Fel...

When you have a last name like Mantooth which, incidentally, is my actual last name, this stuff pretty much writes itself. Not only, in an entirely unrelated adventure, is the character of “Wes Mantooth” from the smash hit comedy “Anchor Man�...

This task was pretty fun for me since I love to hear my parents pontificate about the glories of our family in "the old country," aka the Czech Republic or Slovakia, depending on which parent you ask. Last night at dinner, I managed to sque...

Not to come off as someone I’m not, but our family has lived in Southern California for many generations. My grandfather was in the army in the 1940s, and was in Italy, where his grandfather had actually lived for a time as well. The elder’s nick...

Growing up in middle-class, white suburbia, I longed for the chance to break out of the mold I was genetically thrust into. I wanted to be free. I wanted to know my roots and see that they were dirty. So I searched. Lo and behold, what did I fin...

I am related to a saint. Seriously. I had been told this by my paternal grandmother in my youth, as the saint is from her bloodline. Her maiden name is Bourgeois. (It's French... it kind of sounds likes booshwah.) However, I had kind of forgotten ab...

OK, so my sister used to date Quentin Tarantino. (I talked about her being a celebrity for a week straight, but that was before I was a member here. I somehow thought that I had some credit in the bank from that week gone by, but to be sure, I spent...

Through my fathers side (about 8 generations ago) I am a decedent of John Montagu better known as the EARL OF SANDWICH! WE CREATED THE SANDWICH!!! FEAR US!!!1! WAHAHAHAHAHA!!

If I die of shame tomorrow, here's why: According to family legend, I am related to George W. Bush. My father's ancestors came to the U.S. early, on one of the Mayflower-era ships. One of the more incompetent passengers on that ship threw himself ...

my mom is big into tracing back family history and stuff and she has found out that we were related to the 18th president of the United states of America. the name of this pres is Ulysses S Grant.the grant name has been carried through my dads side...