Pancho Villa stole my grandpa's grandpa's cow.

[Torie]

My Dad's uncle was very athletic, and became a stuntman in silent films when they were made on Long Island. He decided that he could direct the pot boiler Westerns better than the guys doing it were, and became a director, and followed the film industry to Hollywood.  He ended up directing over 400 films. He got my Dad's older brother a cameraman job in Hollywood, and he went on to became famous in special effects, but that is another story. And that ultimately led to my Dad moving to LA from NYC. One thing leads to another.

Oh I found a pic of the guy online. He looks remarkably like my Dad did at the about the age the photo was taken. They are clearly related.

[Torie]

My great-great-great-great Grandfather ran for president 1824,1832 and 1844 and lost all 3 times.

Ah, it must be Henry Clay. Too bad he was never elected. I have visited his house in Lexington. It certainly is in a beautiful neighborhood and street, one of the most picturesque residential streets in the US I think.

[Torie]

My great-great-great-great Grandfather ran for president 1824,1832 and 1844 and lost all 3 times.

I believe one of my great grandparents was his running mate.

Frelinghuysen?

No, it must be this guy. And since his father's middle name was "Dickinson," presumably because one of his ancestors was a Dickinson, that means that through the Dickinson family line (Emily Dickinson and Dickinson College), Badger and I are distant cousins. Man, Badger and I have a lot in common: we are both lawyers, flip back and forth between the parties as sort of centrist types, although quite liberal on most social issues, like to keep fit, and are Atlas mods.