Howdy MFK,
My brother had twins about a year ago and it was at this point that he began making a family tree. Until we started this we didn't really know much past the last few generations.
He enlisted my help and we managed to find out a few interesting things.
On my fathers side I am descended from a famous British ship builder who built many of the ships that took settlers to Australia, New Zealand and the Americas, as well as a great many trade ships.
I am also descended from one of the Vagliano bros (specifically Marinos Vallianos), wealthy Greek shipping tycoons from the 1800s. There is a huge marble statue of his brother Panayis outside the National Museum of Greece. Marinos was also sued by the Russian Empire and successfully won the case. This is to date the longest running case in Russian legal history.
I was pretty surprised to find this out as for the first 8 months or so of digging, I found nothing really of interest.
So here is my question, Anyone here find someone interesting/prominent in your family tree?
I'd love to hear some stories!
Rafini
My brother had twins about a year ago and it was at this point that he began making a family tree. Until we started this we didn't really know much past the last few generations.
He enlisted my help and we managed to find out a few interesting things.
On my fathers side I am descended from a famous British ship builder who built many of the ships that took settlers to Australia, New Zealand and the Americas, as well as a great many trade ships.
I am also descended from one of the Vagliano bros (specifically Marinos Vallianos), wealthy Greek shipping tycoons from the 1800s. There is a huge marble statue of his brother Panayis outside the National Museum of Greece. Marinos was also sued by the Russian Empire and successfully won the case. This is to date the longest running case in Russian legal history.
I was pretty surprised to find this out as for the first 8 months or so of digging, I found nothing really of interest.
So here is my question, Anyone here find someone interesting/prominent in your family tree?
I'd love to hear some stories!
Rafini