• Famous Adoptees

    From Mike Dippel@954:895/1 to All on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 09:14:22
    This week's focus is on famous adoptees. The weekly email I receive has a link to each
    person.

    Clicking that link gives me the trail of persons that lead to my connection to them.

    Per wikitree.com I am:

    24 degrees from Steve Jobs
    22 degrees from Melissa Gilbert
    20 degrees from Scott Hamilton
    23 degrees from Jeff Healey
    20 degrees from Art Linkletter
    21 degrees from Sarah McLachlan
    20 degrees from Frances McDormand
    21 degrees from Jim Palmer
    23 degrees from Nicole Richie
    21 degrees from Bill Stephenson
    21 degrees from Dave Thomas
    23 degrees from Jack Thompson

    More about them:

    Apple and Pixar founder, Steve Jobs.

    "Little House on the Prairie" actress, Melissa Gilbert.

    Gold-winning Olympic figure skater, Scott Hamilton.

    Jazz and blues-rock musician, Jeff Healey.

    Radio and television personality, Art Linkletter.

    Singer-songwriter, Sarah McLachlan

    Award-winning actress and producer, Frances McDormand

    Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, Jim Palmer

    Socialite and reality television star, Nicole Richie

    World War II Spymaster and code breaker, Bill Stephenson

    Wendy's fast food chain founder as well as spokesperson and advocate for adoption,
    Dave Thomas

    Australian film legend, Jack Thompson

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    I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, holocaust survivors
    Indian chiefs, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians,
    politicians, poets, popes, writers, WW I heroes. 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. It is totally free and very useful to genealogists.

    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.

    Mike Dippel
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