You're Famous- I Think We're Related!

On Friday, Keifer Sutherland was in Weyburn, Saskatchewan to unveil a statue of his grandfather, former Premier Tommy Douglas. How interesting that a man who is famous world-wide for introducing publicly-funded medicare is the grandfather of a man who is famous world-wide for being an actor, and especially for his role as Jack Bauer on 24. Is there a gene that flows through a family which makes that family more likely to be famous? Are charisma and leadership part of the make-up of a genetic code? I think they may be - especially in light of what geneology researchers have recently found. Some time ago, geneologists said they had traced a direct line of ancestry for Madonna and Celine Dion! Now, the researchers have found other direct relatives in the same line, which include Alanis Morissette and Hillary Clinton! Those are four powerful ladies in one family! Researchers have also found that Hillary Clinton is a distant cousin to Angelina Jolie. Hillary Clinton's mother is of French Canadian descent, and Angelina, Madonna, Celine and Alanis also have French ties - but the fact they all trace their family ancestry from the same tree is incredible! Bill Clinton is a distant cousin to Camilla Parker-Bowles (one-time "the other woman" and now wife of Prince Charles). Obviously, as well as a "famous" gene, there may well be a gene for very public extra-marital affairs. President Obama's family tree is incredible and includes Brad Pitt, Presidents George and George W. Bush, President Gerald Ford, President Lyndon Johnson, President Harry Truman and President James Madison! His family tree also includes Sir Winston Churchill and American civil war General Robert E. Lee. I find these "family ties" absolutely amazing! There has to be a trait which is passed on through the generations that cause people to search for success and to be famous. It is not something that is learned because all of the people I've mentioned, with the exception of Keifer Sutherland and Tommy Douglas, didn't even know they were related to other famous people until researchers traced their genealogy. Based on this, will I or anyone in my family ever be famous? It doesn't look good for us. A few years ago I was contacted by a distant cousin in France who had researched our family tree. The closest to fame we come to is that we had a family member who married the cousin of Marie-Antoinette - close, but not enough to live on forever in history books. Doris Day's song "Que Sera, Que Sera" asks the questions "Will I be famous, will I be rich?" Well, Doris, it would appear that the answers are in your family tree. Everyone should take a peek through the branches of the family tree! Learning about yourself by learning about your ancestors . . . it's a good thing!