I come from a famous back ground

Last week, after cleaning Grammy's trailer, I found a bunch of old photos.

Both of my grandma's were really into genealogy and luckily have posted most of their findings on the internet. Before the internet though, they did all their research by mail and the library.

When I was looking through the photos, most of them had stories and dates on the backs of them. My Grammy was always good about labeling her photos. With the information she had just on the few photos I found, I was able to start my family tree on Ancestry.com. When starting it, I found the one my grandma (on my dad's side) posted. I haven't added it completely yet, but so far, Im back into the 1700's… I'm really glad they did their research…it sure makes this a little too easy for me, but Im not complaining.

Ancestry.com also has this cool thing where you can search famous people you are related to. On my dad's side I am related to some pretty big people, like:

Andrew Johnson --3^rd cousin, 3 times removed

Mark Twain --4^th cousin, 1 time removed

Samuel Adams ---3^rd cousin, 6 times removed

Laura Bush ---6^th cousin, 2 times removed

John Locke ---2^nd cousin, 10 times removed

Lady bird Johnson ---7^th cousin, 1 time removed

William Howard Taft ---7^th cousin, 1 time removed

F. Scott Fitzgerald ---7^th cousin, 4 times removed

Clyde Barrow (of Bonnie and Clyde) ---8^th cousin, 1 time removed

Lucy Maud Montgomery- Author of Anne of Green Gables ---10^th cousin (Susan, I now know why I liked Anne of Green Gables… My 10^th cousin wrote the books! Too bad she isn't alive anymore; maybe I could get a Meet n' Greet pass for us!)

Those are just some of the really famous ones… the list had about 15 more. Now, my goal is to find out who I am related to from my mother's side… That is this week's goal. Since my ancestry.com trial ends this week, I better hurry!

More to come on my family tree findings….