My great grandfather was the last practicing Jew in my family. He died in 1982. — David Berman Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather, like many, came to this country in search of the American dream. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Step by step, a path; stone by stone, a cathedral,' my great-grandfather used to say. — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
As a fluke, my great-grandfather hit one of the largest oil reserves in California. — Armie Hammer Copy Share Image
There is no need to tell you that the 'Prince of Salina' is the Prince Lampedusa, my great-grandfather Giulio Fabrizio. — Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa Copy Share Image
My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
Blue Ivy can say she knows who her great-great-great-great-grandfather is. How many people can say that? — Mathew Knowles Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, was my biggest hero in life, my biggest inspiration behind everything I do. — Nik Wallenda Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather was a shah back in the 1800s. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold coins or jewels to show for it. — Sarah Shahi Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was a coal miner, who worked in Pennsylvania mines when carts were pulled by mules and mines were lit by… — Tim Murphy Copy Share Image
If you want to go way way back, then I'm Scottish. My great great grandfather was Scottish, James Gordon Harriott, and a… — Ainsley Harriott Copy Share Image
Discovering that my great-great-grandfather Harry was Australasian clog-dancing champion in 1871 was extraordinary. — Craig Revel Horwood 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
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
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
To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the education of the schools and have good masters at home instead… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Neither my father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, great grandfather or great grandmother, nor any other relation that I know of, or… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Our grandfathers lived in a world of largely self-sufficient, inward-looking national economies - but our great-great grandfathers lived, as we do, in… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was prime minister of Canada, and I had a very Edwardian upbringing. It was a beautiful, romantic way of growing… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
a process of aging had taken place in him that was so rapid and critical that soon he was being treated as… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
They were indeed what was known as 'old money', which meant that it had been made so long ago that the black… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I carry in my datebook a piece of paper that my mother copied out for me, from the 1840 Census. Hardy Callaway… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“One hundred years ago my great-grandfather thought women shouldn't vote. He was absolutely certain about that, and I'm absolute certain he was… — Tony Jones Copy Share Image
Thus, it comes to pass, that a certain room in a certain old hall, where a certain bad lord, baronet, knight, or… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The gateway to freedom...was somewhere close to New Orleans where most Africans were sorted through and sold. I had driven through New… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
The whole town laughed at my great-grandfather, just because he worked hard and saved his money. True, working at the hardware store… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I come from Surajpur, a valley in Himachal Pradesh near Manali that is named after my great grandfather Sarju Singh Ranaut. He… — Kangana Ranaut Copy Share Image
“I studied history in college, and I've always enjoyed reading, especially political biographies, and I can state that in all my studies… — John W. Hartmann Copy Share Image
We will never forget those like my great-grandfather who fought at Vicksburg. — Roy Barnes Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather came here as a refugee from the pogrom in Ukraine. — J. B. Pritzker Copy Share Image
“My great-great grandfather and I were the best of friends, although we never met” — Raji Singh Copy Share Image
My great grandfather came from Scotland to Brazil, George Gracie, from Dumfries. — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather Julius founded the Communist Party in New York. — Armie Hammer Copy Share Image
