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Oct 15, 2024
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CasualFan
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A Great Great Grandfather was a missionary in Armenia.
He is in the history books there as he converted many and help them escape before the Turkish genocide.
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What is the craziest story you've heard/found in your family history?
Cougs4Lfe
Oct 15, 3:55pm
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JimmyZ
Oct 15, 3:58pm
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JimmyZ
Oct 15, 4:00pm
Sounds like the original BYU Super Date to Vegas!
DiamondMo
Oct 15, 4:01pm
Huh. Well that was pointless
TNT
Oct 15, 4:34pm
When my grandparents fed and gave fuel to Bonnie and Clyde.
bluecheese
Oct 15, 3:59pm
My great great grandpa had really bad cataracts, and was basically blind for
Trinity
Oct 15, 4:01pm
Great-grandma died from childbirth and the baby also died
AZ Coug
Oct 15, 4:01pm
More sad than anything. My grandma killed my grandpa in a domestic violence
gangbusters
Oct 15, 4:04pm
Don’t know if this is crazy but kind of cool. My GG grandmother
Rivers Cuomo
Oct 15, 4:04pm
My 7th great grandparents
canuckchuck
Oct 15, 4:05pm
My ggpa did time on Utah pen for polygamy
Y-Zag
Oct 15, 4:06pm
There is a picture on family search of one of my ancestors in jail. I think it
crack
Oct 15, 4:15pm
One ancestor came from Spain in 1520 to the new world, conquered the Aztec empire, but not before having a
hamaca
Oct 15, 4:08pm
My great grandpa died in Leavenworth prison
unsq312
Oct 15, 4:11pm
Another great grandpa of mine played on the first BYU football team
unsq312
Oct 15, 4:16pm
This is on my Mom's side of the family.
Little Mac
Oct 15, 4:12pm
Very cool. I inherited some shares of Dream Mine stock from my grandma
AZ Coug
Oct 15, 4:16pm
My great grandfather and his friend were arguing one afternoon over whose cow
crack
Oct 15, 4:13pm
And that, my friends, is how the KWhitt rumors began.
John Doe
Oct 15, 4:15pm
RE: What is the craziest story you've heard/found in your family history?
cougarmeister
Oct 15, 4:19pm
GG-Grandfather started a horse stealing gang in California.
dallasbyu
Oct 15, 4:19pm
A relative in the 1800's was a mass murderer....
BYU Grounds
Oct 15, 4:20pm
Was his name Wyatt?
JimmyZ
Oct 15, 7:45pm
Grandpa was 1st in the continental U.S. to learn Pearl Harbor had been bombed.
cosmohio
Oct 15, 4:22pm
Somehow, this is how I envision that message....
bluecheese
Oct 15, 4:31pm
He was born and raised in Lehi and an avid Cougar Fan so you might be right.
cosmohio
Oct 15, 4:36pm
Wow, that is crazy.
specsauce
Oct 15, 5:10pm
My grandpa going MIA for a couple years after getting his leg blown off in the Battle of the Bulge would
mokelembembe
Oct 15, 4:27pm
My grandma was in her basement one day and found her brother's counterfeiting
Emmett Fitz-Hume
Oct 15, 4:27pm
GGGGGGGrandma was a princess (of a very small geographical enclave in what is now Italy) and engaged to the leader of
mvtoro
Oct 15, 4:30pm
That's inconcievable!
BYU Grounds
Oct 15, 4:35pm
I mean, it sounds unlikely, yes. But that’s how it was told to me. 🤷🏼♂️
mvtoro
Oct 15, 4:49pm
I had a cousin who was set up to be the next owner of a large inheritance from
blackandblue
Oct 15, 4:38pm
Found a baby pic of your cousin!
Doofenshmirtz
Oct 15, 4:49pm
RE: I had a cousin who was set up to be the next owner of a large inheritance from
BYU Grounds
Oct 15, 4:52pm
Abigail Featherstonehaugh and the haunted Featherstone Castle
AZ Coug
Oct 15, 4:39pm
British navy firing cannon shot across the bow of my 4th great grandfather's
craigman
Oct 15, 4:57pm
RE: British navy firing cannon shot across the bow of my 4th great grandfather's
BYU Grounds
Oct 15, 5:26pm
A little-known survivor of the Haun's Mill massacre. He survived by pulling
tony
Oct 15, 5:01pm
Legend!
BringYourUltimate
Oct 15, 10:29pm
Wow. Incredible.
IronPotato
10:38am
I’m a little disappointed by the lack of 3 nephite stories on here. That’s all
Pepe
Oct 15, 5:06pm
RE: I’m a little disappointed by the lack of 3 nephite stories on here.
Cougs4Lfe
Oct 15, 10:00pm
Let’s just say that my maternal grandfather (who died 1 year before I was born and I’m 50), we learned, made some poor
specsauce
Oct 15, 5:16pm
A Great Great Grandfather was a missionary in Armenia.
CasualFan
Oct 15, 5:25pm
We have Armenian member neighbors
NYC and Japan
9:34pm
Gma's 1st husband's throat was slit by the new barber in town
Chick Bowdrie
Oct 15, 5:34pm
Love the replies! Wasn't expecting so many responses. Crazy stories!
Cougs4Lfe
Oct 15, 10:02pm
M grandmother wasn't raised by her actual mother. Turns out that my
BE-WHY-YOU
8:43am
My ancestor was a "high king" in Ireland. Died in battle at age 73.
IronPotato
10:43am
My GGPA was a pioneer in the "Peep Show" industry. True story.
DansmithUVU
11:49am
RE: My GGPA was a pioneer in the "Peep Show" industry. True story.
Cougs4Lfe
1:04pm
While living in Germany, my grandpa met with a German priest to inquire about
BringYourUltimate
10:05pm
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