Saturday, July 24, 2010

Elvis Presley was my 8th Cousin!

I subscribe to Ancestry.com and I love finding ancestors from recent and past history. They have a feature where you can search for any famous relatives. I have found many in my ancestry, but one of the most fun discoveries was finding out that Elvis Presley was my 8th Cousin, and nothing like being twice removed, etc.

We share a distant grandparent, well 8 generations back. I think that is so cool since I had loved Elvis and his music since I was three years old. I used to call him my Bellsin, because I couldn't pronounce boyfriend my mom told me.

I remember as a young child my mother playing the radio and her stereos loud when an Elvis record came on. She told me I used to dance like crazy. I think this discovery of our being related is an awesome find!