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From: "Jonas Kuschner" <>
Subject: Re: President Bush's celebrity cousins
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 19:09:40 +0100
References: <d6e5d8be.0202160124.1b8d1885@posting.google.com>, <3c706910.1539767@news.erols.com>, <3C6E792B.96D6B259@scs.uiuc.edu>


"Doug McDonald" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> I am very surprised that nobody has a web site with lots of trees for
> celebrities!
>
Oh, but there is at least one: The Swedish genealogical website "Rtter" has
a page with links to celebrities' Ahnentafeln:
http://www.genealogi.se/kandis.htm

There is also a part of the Rtter discussion forum "Anbytarforum" devoted
to celebrities (divided into various categories, such as "Crime and
punishment" or "Film/theatre" - all in Swedish, but just click to see what
names are behind them):

http://genealogi.aland.net/discus/messages/9532/9532.html?1013815394

Several of these celebrities have medieval and royal lines, if that is what
you are looking for. See for instance the Ahnentafel of UN General Secretary
Dag Hammarskjld:
http://www.genealogi.se/hammar.htm

It is very incomplete and goes only as far as to king Gustavus I (Vasa). But
you can see the continuation in the Ahnentafel (in English) of king Eric
XIV, as well as the maternal ancestors of the latter (Sachsen-Lauenburg
etc.):
http://www.genealogi.se/erikeng.htm

Some of the the ancestors of Swedish actor Max von Sydow (The Seventh Seal,
The Exorcist) can be found here:
http://genealogi.aland.net/discus/messages/9532/17106.html?986554202
(Max von Sydow is most likely also a descendant of Gustavus I, but noone has
been bothered to publish all of his in Elgenstierna easily available
ancestors in this web discussion.)

Some of the Swedish and Danish ancestors of actress Uma Thurman can be found
here:
http://genealogi.aland.net/discus/messages/9532/10674.html?984782923
(But not her German grandfather's von Schleebrgge ancestors.)

Regards
Jonas Kuschner
Uppsala


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