• French Connection

    From Mike Dippel@3:712/1321.5 to ALL on Wed Jul 9 16:00:44 2025
    Celebrating Bastille Day, France's national day, by featuring notables from France. Per
    wikitree.com I am:

    26 degrees from Eleanor of Aquitaine
    22 degrees from Louis XVI de France
    36 degrees from Josephine Baker
    19 degrees from Brigitte Bardot
    24 degrees from Georges Bizet
    19 degrees from Marie Bonaparte
    36 degrees from Pierre Boulle
    26 degrees from Alexandre Dumas
    28 degrees from Andr˙ Jules Michelin
    34 degrees from Alain Prost
    44 degrees from Maximilien de Robespierre
    30 degrees from Marie Tussaud

    More about them:

    Alienor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of France from 1137 to 1152,
    and Queen Consort of England from 1154 to 1189.

    King Louis XVI, last King of France before the fall of the monarchy in the French
    Revolution.

    Josephine Baker, dancer, singer and actress, and the first African-American woman to
    star in a major motion picture, as well as a French military intelligence agent.

    Brigitte Bardot, actress, singer, fashion model, and animal rights activist.

    Georges Bizet, composer known for works like the opera, "Carmen".

    Princess Marie Bonaparte, author and psychoanalyst.

    Pierre Boulle, author who wrote "Planet of the Apes" and "The Bridge over the River
    Kwai".

    Alexandre Dumas, author known for works like "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The
    Three Musketeers".
    .
    Andre Michelin, co-founded Michelin Tire Company.

    Alain Prost, four-time Formula One World Champion.

    Maximilien Robespierre, influential leader in the French Revolution.

    Madame Anne Marie Tussaud, sculptor known for her wax works and museum.

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    I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers. I guess that
    I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

    https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters.

    If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving me some basic information by going to:

    https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm
    and click on the 'Request Form' link.

    I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history,
    and I would love to see how WE are related.

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