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The following excerpt is from an interview with my friend, Megan Smolenyak, published in the March 31, 2013 edition of IrishCentral.com Background: Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (who goes by Megan Smolenyak2 on her website in a nod to her married name) Continue reading Megan Smolenyak on Irish Heritage
The following excerpt is from the April 4, 2013 edition of IrishCentral.com: Tom Cruise was presented with an Irish heritage certificate yesterday at an official Government ceremony to celebrate his ancestry. Eneclann, part of Trinity College, found that his great-great-great Continue reading Tom Cruise is Presented With An Irish Heritage Certificate
The following excerpt is from an article in the 1 April 2013 edition of westmeathindependent.ie: There is growing speculation that actor Tom Cruise will be presented with a Certificate of Irish Ancestry this week thanks to his apparent links with Continue reading Tom Cruise’s Irish Roots
The following excerpt is from an article by Daniel Klein, posted in the March 2, 2013 edition of the Jersey Journal: [Daniel Klein] was listening to Howard Stern earlier this week and he talked about having done an oral history Continue reading Howard Stern’s Family History
The following teaser is from an article in the February 17, 2013 edition of HuffingtonPost.com The project that first sequenced a human genome in 2000 took 15 years and cost about $3 billion. Now it takes six to eight weeks Continue reading Vanessa Williams Traces Her Roots Through DNA
As you know, Pauline Esther Phillips, AKA Abigail Van Buren of Dear Abby fame, passed away this past week. The Berkshire Eagle posted “Some of the best of ‘Dear Abby’ responses.” It’s really quite delightful, a bit risqué, kinda’ genealogical, Continue reading Abigail Van Buren One Liners…
The following excerpt is from the November 4, 2012 edition of hecklerspray.com: This week, an expert at Ancestry.com revealed that George Clooney and Abraham Lincoln are distantly related. And the timing is just oh-so perfect, as ‘Lincoln’ is set to Continue reading George Clooney and Abraham Lincoln Are Distantly Related
Tom Hanks is related to one of America’s most famous presidents, Abraham Lincoln, it has been revealed. The Oscar-winning actor is the third cousin, four generations removed, of the assassinated leader through the president’s mother, Nancy Hanks. Lincoln’s great-great-grand-father was Continue reading Tom Hanks Related to Abraham Lincoln
The following excerpt is from the 14 September, 2012 edition of kilkennypeople.ie: “The ‘Freddie Starr Ate my Hamster’ story of Irish genealogy” Genealogists have shown that the story of George Clooney’s Irish roots, widely publicised earlier this year, doesn’t stand Continue reading Not Much Truth in the George Clooney Irish Roots Story
The following teaser is from the August 23, 2012 edition of azcentral.com: Stick a tiara on Hilary Duff, America’s closest celebrity relative to Queen Elizabeth II, according to a genealogical study. In fact, millions of Americans of English descent can Continue reading Hilary Duff is the Closest Celebrity Relative to Queen Elizabeth II – But Still Only an 18th Cousin
Goodness… It’s been 35 years since the King passed on. According to an article in tabletmag.com, Elvis’s great great maternal grandmother was Jewish and had a daughter who had a daughter who had a daughter that was Elvis’s mother. For Continue reading Elvis Presley’s Jewish Ancestry
The following excerpt is from an article at the chortle.co.uk website: IT Crowd star Chris O’Dowd is set to star in a semi-improvised TV comedy made by Spinal Tap’s Christopher Guest. Guest is working with Best In Show actor Jim Continue reading Chris O’Dawd to Star in New British Comedy, “Family Tree”
Sure – I’m an Elvis fan, but I’m not so much a fan as to bid in the upcoming auction of Elvis Presley’s Crypt. It’s going on the auction block in June. The following excerpt from an article at the Continue reading You Too Can be Buried in Elvis Presley’s Crypt in Forest Hil Cemetery – for a price…
Ancestry.com has continurd to post images of the British “National Probate Calendar” (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966. Included in the entries are those of many famous folks, as well as many of our ancestors and relatives. The following teaser Continue reading Ancestry.co.uk Adds Six Million British Probate Records
PROVO, UT- (Marketwire – May 24, 2012) – Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), the world’s largest online family history resource, today announced that more than 27 million new records and images detailing U.S. Marine Corps activities during World War II and the Continue reading 27 Million New Records & Images of U.S. Marine Corps Activities During WW II & Korean War Now Available on Ancestry.com