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![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 05 January 2022 Sitcom Actresses This week's Featured Connections are sitcom actresses, starting with the great Betty White. I am: 19 degrees from Betty White 18 degrees from Lucille Ball - "I Love Lucy" 23 deg... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Fri, 31 December 2021 Broadway Stars Connections This week's Featured Connections are Broadway stars, beginning with famed musical composer Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021). I am: 30 degrees from Stephen Sondheim 19 degrees from Desi Arnaz ... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 22 December 2021 I'm Related to Santa... This week's Featured Connections from WkiTree.com are all Santas (from movies and cartoons). Men who have portrayed Santa Claus, Sinterklaas, or Father Christmas. For most of them, I have ... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 15 December 2021 US Senators This weeks famous connections are "US Senators". 21 degrees from Bob Dole - WWII hero and 1996 presidential candidate 24 degrees from Edward Brooke - US Senator from Massachusetts 19 de... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 01 December 2021 Automotive Pioneers I belong to wiki-tree.com and this week's featured connections are automotive pioneers; I am: 23 degrees from Elon Musk - Tesla 23 degrees from Walter Bentley - Bentley 28 degrees from Berth... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Thu, 25 November 2021 Native Americans This week's Featured Connections from WikiTree.com are Native Americans. I am: 26 degrees from Sitting Bull Lakota 18 degrees from Joseph Brant 17 degrees from Hąboguwįga De ... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 10 November 2021 My Connections: Featured Military This week, via the website http://wikitree.com I was able to see my relationship to some famous military notables. I am: 16 degrees George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) 17 degrees Joseph... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 03 November 2021 Modern Black Notables from WikiTree.com This week's Featured Connections are modern Black notables starting with General Colin Powell. I am: 30 degrees from Colin Powell 26 degrees from Edwin Bocage 20 degrees from Chris Callow... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Sat, 23 October 2021 Nobel Prize Winners This weeks featured connections are Nobel Prize winners. I am: 22 degrees from Marie Curie 33 degrees from Svante Arrhenius 20 degrees from George Beadle 26 degrees from Lawrence Bragg 17 d... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 13 October 2021 Baseball Greats My featured connections for this week. I am: 22 degrees from Johnny Bench 24 degrees from Joe DiMaggio 22 degrees from Alex Ferguson 20 degrees from Mickey Mantle 19 degrees from Donald Matt... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 06 October 2021 Folk Musicians This week's Featured Connections are folk musicians. According to WikiTree.com, I am: 24 degrees from Joan Baez 22 degrees from Woody Guthrie 31 degrees from Joe Hill 25 degrees from Lionel L... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Thu, 30 September 2021 Emmy nominees and winners Featured Connections this week: Emmy nominees and winners. I am: 28 degrees from Jason Sudeikis 24 degrees from Gillian Anderson 27 degrees from Paul Bettany 22 degrees from Stephen Colbert ... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 01 September 2021 Featured Military Connections This week's Featured Connections are US Civil War generals. My Ancestors and Cousins, I am 29 generations Thomas Edward (Lawrence) Shaw CB DSO (1888-1935) 30 generations Richard Evelyn Byr... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 25 August 2021 Famous Firsts This week, I present my connections to people that were the first in their field to accomplish something famous. Here they are: Amelia Earhart, first woman to make a solo Trans-Atlantic flig... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 18 August 2021 Famous Authors This week I was notified of my featured connections to pseudonymous authors, best known by their pen names. 17 degrees from Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) 40 degrees from Mary Cross (George Eli... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 11 August 2021 1960's Musicians This week's featured connections are 1960s musicians. I am: 40 degrees from Aretha Franklin 29 degrees from Paul McCartney 23 degrees from Bob Dylan 26 degrees from Leonard Cohen 25 degrees fr... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 04 August 2021 Indigenous People This week's featured connections are indigenous people starting with Sacagawea, heroine of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Per WikiTree Family News, I am: 13 degrees from Sacajawea Charbonne... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 28 July 2021 Famous Sculptors This week, my featured connections are with famous sculptors. I am: 13 degrees from Vinnie Hoxie 19 degrees from Frederic Remington 22 degrees from Pablo Picasso 20 degrees from Edgar Degas ... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 21 July 2021 More Summer Olympians This week's Featured Connections are Summer Olympians led by swimmer (and Tarzan movie star) Johnny Weissmuller. I am: 25 degrees from Johnny Weissmuller 28 degrees from Betty Cuthbert 32... |
![]() From: Mike Dippel (3:640/1116) To: n/a Date: Wed, 14 July 2021 My Connections to Summer Olympians The Summer Olympics will soon be upon us, so WikiTree is featuring participants, past and present beginning with Johnny Weissmuller, gold medalist in swimming. According to WikiTree, I am: 4... |