The Disney/Powers Family Tree
 

Hi.

I haven't been posting much here. This month was a constant onslaught of bleaaaah.

But what I HAVE posted (tweeted, Facebooked, etc) has been pretty blue. I expect it'll continue to not exactly be sunshine and roses all of the time, but for the moment, I think I'll share with you some fun/crazy information that I found out at the beginning of this month, but haven't felt up to sharing yet.

My brother, a pretty obsessive genealogist, was having some trouble sleeping during all of this, so he worked on researching another wing of our family (as his is often wont to do.)

Up my family tree, we'd previously known my great-great-great-great grandmother's maiden name was Disney. But what we did not know was that her brother was Walt's great-grandfather.

For real. I'm actually related to the man himself. Not a direct descendant, but we're both descended from the same people, a few generations back for him (and a few more for me.)

Check it out...

That's super cool!

Thank you for sharing!

Wonder Disney Powers, activate!

Cool :cool:

I love this! How very cool!

The benefits of insomnia are sometimes great.

Wow! Walt's grandfather, Kepple Disney, was named after his grandfather, your ggggg grandfather.



Besides, Kepple, what an awesome name! (I just checked and it's a variant of Kepler, which is German, meaning cap or hat maker.)

Such neat news.

Wowser!

That's a cool family tree.

I love it!!! What interesting family news!

I've got William Jennings Bryan on my tree. But you so totally win!

What awesome news! I think that explains your incredible sense of creativity. :)

Wonderful discovery. Congratulations, not everyone has bragging rights like this!

Uber cool

Very cool...

That's like a 1,000,000 on the Disney geekatude scale. Cool.

I think you ought to plan a major family reunion and invite all of us.

Now where could you hold such an event, hummm....

Family gets in free I'm sure. ;)

Very cool

How cool is that!

And I hope the blues turn into a sunny day soon!

Well, Knott's Berry Farm of course!

So does this get you a lifetime annual pass to all Disney parks worldwide? I should think so.


If not, still really cool beans.