It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“According to tradition, my great-grandfather married early, at 14, with a woman six years older. It was considered to be one of… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather lived to age 28, my immigrant great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco died at 66, my grandfather was 68, and my father died at 34. — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
“From my Great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
My ancestry is really weird, because my great grandfather was from the Cayman Islands, and then his father was from England. But… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
You gotta understand, my great-grandfather was German and Irish. My grandmother was Indian, and my grandfather was African-American, so we all got… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
You can find virtually everybody black back as far as the 1870 census. Why 1870? That's when the ex-slaves first have surnames.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
If I were related to Monet, I don't know if I would be comfortable becoming an artist because it's too much, the… — Dree Hemingway Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested… — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
My great grandfather from my father's side, Sir Akbar Hydari, was the prime minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was instrumental… — Aditi Rao Hydari Copy Share Image
I don't have a traditional design background, but it's inherent to me. My father was in the fabric industry, and even my… — Stacey Bendet Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was a miner who went off and became an entertainer for a few years to get out of the mines.… — Rebecca Front Copy Share Image
The latter. She had a good run, Sook said, doing a little shrug. It was his usual response to death at Mapleshade,… — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
I’ve never cheated on a lover. I’m faithful, always. But the war comes before anyone’s feelings. Every time.” Wow. Battle before love.… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed. — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather, who made his money in the jute trade, had at one time 600 houses in London, and within three generations,… — Saul David Copy Share Image
I come from a line of railroad men. My great-grandfather was a surveyor for the Burlington Railroad. — Bill Moseley Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was a self-taught man, and his library was extraordinary. I read the lot. — Alan Garner Copy Share Image
I have four kids, seven grandkids, and four great-grandkids. Maybe I can become a great-great-grandfather if I hang on! — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The… — Anson Mount Copy Share Image
The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I’m sorry, you just remind me of someone. (Rose) Old boyfriend? (Gallagher) No, my great-grandfather. (Rose) That’s not particularly flattering. I thought… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father… — Aliko Dangote Copy Share Image
There they lived on, those New England people, farmer lives, father and grandfather and great-grandfather, on and on without noise, keeping up… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
My maternal great-grandfather Don Juan del Gallego was a Spanish adventurer from Asturias, Spain. He sailed on a galleon ship to the… — Heart Evangelista Copy Share Image
The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
“The way I see it," King said, "your great-grandfather fought and died because he believed my great-grandfather should stay a slave. I'm… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
I'm such an odd mix of things. My grandfather was Indian: I've got more family living in India than I do in… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws,… — Yusef Komunyakaa Copy Share Image
People can't believe how hard I work… I love it. I think it just runs through my veins. My great-grandfather was a… — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
A peculiarity of the American historical sensibility allows us to be proud of great-grandfathers (or even grandfathers) who lived in crushing poverty,… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
I remember the words of my grandmother who died at 102. I remember my great mother, Grand Brika, who died at the… — John Kani Copy Share Image
Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the covered wagons crossing… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather started in the coal mines, and my great grandmother made 10 pounds of bread every Saturday morning that we delivered… — Heather Bresch Copy Share Image
I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back.… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
