On my mom's side of the family way back apparently I'm related to Marcus Aurelius and my second cousin on my dad's side is (I guess was) John Holmes, but he died roughly a year before I was born, due to AIDS.

my grandmother on my mom's side's maiden name was james, and i think jesse james was her grandfather or great uncle or something.  so that would make him my great great grandfather//great great great uncle.  also my dad's dad was reasonably well known in nigeria as like an ARISTOCRAT but i don't think he was famous.

Years back, the brother of one of the members of The Arcade Fire (and dunno if Final Fantasy too) used to post here.

wait

what?  who?

When I was young, I overheard a "secret adult conversation" (you know, when you're supposed  to be sleeping, haha) about my horse thief ancestors. I guess that's... Infamous!

David Cook (American Idol 8) is actually a very distant cousin of mine, according to my mom.

I got an uncle (my fathers elder brother) who's a radio personality, he's got a unique deep voice and people are all over it and he's been in the bizz for like forever now. Since I live on a small island with like, max population of 800000 people, (and everyone listens to the radio) he's famous no matter WHERE I go, and we all have the same last name too (which is also a name NO ONE ELSE HAS ON THE ENTIRE ISLAND), people always make connections, (are you related???)

One thing I like is how wherever he goes, he always gets shit for free, (like vodafone recently gave him a $1800 nokia fone for free).

My nannas sisters daughter is in direct relation to sir isaac newton so... You feeling the gravity of my situation?

So my family has millions of different genes or whatever because apparently they liked to breed with whatever they could!
Way back on my mom's grandpas side, there is William Wallace (that's right the guy who liberated Scotland!!) and also Sir William Lockhart(Luccard/Locard) who apparently brought King Richard or someone's heart back from the crusades?? (I checked wikipedia I guess it was just some Robert the Bruce fella whoever that is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockharts_of_Lee)

Also, less far back on the same tree is the guy who invented futon couches (but a dirty Jew stole the copyright and got rich). Ironically, my grandfather married a Jew and their children decided to be Jews themselves until everyone but me converted to Christianity a couple years ago.

I don't know any other famous people but my Grandmother on my father's side owns the local garbage company (it's pretty big and she's pretty rich but she hates us!!)

So there you have it, my bloodline is very colorful with all kinds of ethnicities and stuff.

EDIT: also an aunt of some sort played a role in Lost in Space (old tv series, maybe cameo in newer movie too?) Jane Lockhart I think her name was. I think her daughter is an actress too.