People Share Their Interesting Relations with Historical Figures

Almost Cool, But Not Quite

It can be a bit disappointing when you find out that you’re related to someone that was “almost cool”, but found a way to spoil everything for themselves. But we know that tracing your lineage is pretty interesting either way, so that must count for something. You could always omit that last part from the story.

According to this person, one of his ancestors was a marine on the First Fleet to Australia. He even had a bridge named after him in Australia – until they found out he wasn’t actually a good guy. Too bad, as this could’ve been a pretty great story. There are a lot of people like this in the world who were at the brink of fame and found a way to bottle it.