Notorious? I like the sound of that...

[graculus]

I think I've mentioned before that I've been researching my family tree, on and off, for a number of months and while I hadn't expected to find anyone famous in there, I think there's always this little hope that secretly you'll be related to someone...

Anyway, it turns out that one of my distant relatives was something of a minor celebrity in his time (his time being the early 19th century) - when I say distant, I mean my maternal great-great-great grandfather was his cousin. Hey, it's still related! I'm speaking of a gentleman called Reverend William Knibb, also known as 'Knibb the Notorious' for his activities against the slave trade.

Coolness. :)

Comments

[khek.livejournal.com]

Interesting! (I don't think there's much of a family resemblance though...)

[graculus.livejournal.com]

All those chinless Victorians look alike anyway, and that's before another half dozen generations of new genes get thrown into the pot... ;)

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Well cool!