The Town of Odyssey

Ok guys whether you know it or not every family has a tidbit of information that could make them famous. You may not know about it but your grandparents or parents have done something fairly interesting that they wouldn't necessarily tell you. Your mission is to find an interesting story about your family and post it here. We ask that you be completely honest because my team will determine who's the most interesting and you shall get a prize.

Here is an example of my family generation thing.

My Grandmother use to sing in clubs and was pretty good at it. She was a part of a musical group and she was once a backstage singer for Pattie LaBelle if that's how you spell it... This is the honest truth. She ended this career when she became a Christian.

My distant relatives were murdered in Kansas and it ended up being made into the best selling book and movie In Cold Blood by Truman Capote!

The Top Crusader wrote:My distant relatives were murdered in Kansas and it ended up being made into the best selling book and movie In Cold Blood by Truman Capote!

Really? I loved that book!

Please don't be a random TOP moment

My last name matches up.

The Top Crusader wrote:My last name matches up.

Go away silly person

I was related to a famous pirate named Sir Francis Drake

EDIT and I'm also related to the lead singer of the "Misfits"

Q wrote:

The Top Crusader wrote:My last name matches up.

Go away silly person

What?

The Top Crusader wrote:

Q wrote:

The Top Crusader wrote:My last name matches up.

Go away silly person

What?

I think you are gonna have this moved to Hillingdale with those posts.

Are you calling me a liar or what? I'm confused.

The Top Crusader wrote:Are you calling me a liar or what? I'm confused.

What? No I'm not calling you a liar!

Hah this is funny I thought you were kidding around when you said that stuff about your distant relatives being murdered. If not you have my most humble apologies.

No, why would I randomly say people were murdered?

But now I shall send their ghosts to avenge me!

The Top Crusader wrote:No, why would I randomly say people were murdered?

But now I shall send their ghosts to avenge me!

*Looks around fearfully*

Ok sorry about that then your officially entered though I doubt you'll be needing money lol but you shall get it since that's the agreement.

If you win that is. Who knows someone might be related to Bush and might be hiding it from us!

You don't have to pay me I just like to talk about murdered relatives! That is gift enough!

The Top Crusader wrote:You don't have to pay me I just like to talk about murdered relatives! That is gift enough!

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Ok then I shall keep it for myself!

Unless someone posts a better story! The pot is as big as 10,000 ToO bucks guys!

Well, way back in the old days, my family was part of the French monarchy; then they moved to Quebec and had a town named after them, which still stands TO THIS DAY.

Pseudonym wrote:Well, way back in the old days, my family was part of the French monarchy; then they moved to Quebec and had a town named after them, which still stands TO THIS DAY.

I don't think this thread is being taken seriously.

Unless you are telling the truth and not joking around.

Q wrote:

Pseudonym wrote:Well, way back in the old days, my family was part of the French monarchy; then they moved to Quebec and had a town named after them, which still stands TO THIS DAY.

I don't think this thread is being taken seriously.

Unless you are telling the truth and not joking around.

I am dead serious. There is a town in Quebec with my last name.


We even had a cool flag with like a lion holding a cross.

Pseudonym wrote:

Q wrote:

Pseudonym wrote:Well, way back in the old days, my family was part of the French monarchy; then they moved to Quebec and had a town named after them, which still stands TO THIS DAY.

I don't think this thread is being taken seriously.

Unless you are telling the truth and not joking around.

I am dead serious. There is a town in Quebec with my last name.


We even had a cool flag with like a lion holding a cross.

Ah ok then my bad.

I guess its between TOP and TOP's twin now XD

My great-great-grandmother was a sharp shooter for a circus. Nobody in my family knew this about her until she showed my relatives. As a young boy, my grandfather grew up on a farm. Some birds were getting into the garden so his father told him to take a gun and shoot them. His grandmother was living with them at the time and watched my grandpa miss bird after bird. Pretty soon, she told him she would show him how it was done. My grandfather handed her the gun, but didn't think she even knew how to shoot it. To make the long story short, she shot 10 birds in 10 shots straight. When my grandfather asked her about it, she said nothing, but when she died he found out through records that she'd been a circus sharp shooter.

JD wrote:I was related to a famous pirate named Sir Francis Drake

EDIT and I'm also related to the lead singer of the "Misfits"

Sorry JD I totally missed this post. That's really interesting information.

My great-great-grandmother was a sharp shooter for a circus. Nobody in my family knew this about her until she showed my relatives. As a young boy, my grandfather grew up on a farm. Some birds were getting into the garden so his father told him to take a gun and shoot them. His grandmother was living with them at the time and watched my grandpa miss bird after bird. Pretty soon, she told him she would show him how it was done. My grandfather handed her the gun, but didn't think she even knew how to shoot it. To make the long story short, she shot 10 birds in 10 shots straight. When my grandfather asked her about it, she said nothing, but when she died he found out through records that she'd been a circus sharp shooter.

Awesome tidbit!