Salty for Salt's Sake

Member 27

Level 61.14

Mar 2006

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Jan 8, 2008, 11:51 PM
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On my dad's side of the family, I'm related to John 'Calico Jack' Rackham. A semi-famous pirate that has a pretty interesting back story. Found this out because my grandpa on my dad's side loves the Rackham story. Becomes pirate, meets woman, settles down. Legal life is boring. Wife and Rackham steal a ship go back to being a pirate. Has a unisex crew. Terrorizes the Hispaniola and the Caribbean for years. Eventually captured because he and all his crew were so slopping drunk they couldn't defend themselves when boarded. Only two women on his crew had the stones to fight back. Hanged at Port Royal. Supposedly I look like him.
On my mom's side, I have a fairly famous ancestor. A dude by the name of Vlad Tepes. Don't think I really need to give a ton of background on the guy, you probably all know it. Distantly related through the Romanian side of the family. Found this out when my nice protestant grandmother was doing the whole bloodline search thing. Imagine how happy she was to find -that- little connection. Noooo, couldn't be related to a saint. Had to be related to Vlad the Impaler.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
John Mayer just asked me, personally, through an assistant, to sing backup on his new CD.
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