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Guy LeDouche
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Guy LeDouche
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I am a direct descendent of William Preston. Also, sorta like VT90's story

my dad and his cousin bullied Willard Scott.
[Post edited by Guy LeDouche at 05/06/2022 11:39AM]
Link: Preston
Posted: 05/06/2022 at 11:26 AM ET
(In response to this post by vt90)

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Who's up for "Your Family Claim-to-Fame-Celeb Time" ?? Here's mine -
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 10:52 AM ET
Sister told me we were related to Pocahontas.
Hokester • 05/06/22 06:14 PM ET
My grandfather
VTUD • 05/06/22 05:07 PM ET
Relative on grandfathers side was the Dr to the first Artic expedition
hokiegoatzz • 05/06/22 01:33 PM ET
Traced back to Charlemagne. Surprised records can go that far**
ColoVT82 • 05/06/22 01:32 PM ET
My Dad's family's paperwork ran out a generation earlier than the
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 01:38 PM ET
Mom's side dates back to King Edward of England.**
AZHokie59 • 05/06/22 12:57 PM ET
She likes older men**
HokieDan95 • 05/06/22 01:12 PM ET
She always liked AZ best.**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 01:35 PM ET
Newspaper article claims my Grandfather's Grandfather was the youngest
Vienna_Hokie • 05/06/22 12:25 PM ET
I’m the son of Will and Jada **
OXVT • 05/06/22 12:24 PM ET
Lewis, of Lewis and Clark fame
Burruss Writer • 05/06/22 12:16 PM ET
Where do you live?
HokieDan95 • 05/06/22 12:25 PM ET
Family is primarily from the Orange/Spottslyvania area
Burruss Writer • 05/06/22 12:30 PM ET
People I know live in Clarksville**
HokieDan95 • 05/06/22 12:43 PM ET
…they caught the last train there**
chumley • 05/06/22 01:04 PM ET
Mom's Lewis connected folks lived near Staunton (Buffalo Gap)**
Tuckahokie • 05/06/22 12:27 PM ET
Hey Cousin...my Mom claimed a Lewis connection **
Tuckahokie • 05/06/22 12:24 PM ET
Mom dated CFB before he married, I know Aquaman, dad bass player for Judds
WestyHokie • 05/06/22 12:15 PM ET
Mine. David Huddleston (Actor). My Grandmother's first cousin. Best Movie
HokieNLot11 • 05/06/22 12:15 PM ET
Had no idea he was born in Vinton. **
RoswellGAHokie • 05/06/22 12:50 PM ET
Yep, my Grandmother lived about 5 miles from Vinton. And there is a little
HokieNLot11 • 05/06/22 01:29 PM ET
I recently found out that...
MP4VT2004 • 05/06/22 12:14 PM ET
One of my childhood friends was a direct descendant of William Brewster
KfgsHokie • 05/06/22 05:43 PM ET
Pretty sure I'm related to this guy:**
EDGEMAN • 05/06/22 12:14 PM ET
Amazing history! I admit to never having heard of NASCAR’s convertible div.**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 12:31 PM ET
Me either. Probably from the days they raced on Daytona Beach**
EDGEMAN • 05/06/22 02:05 PM ET
Supposedly distantly related to Mark Twain and Robert E Lee but everybody
HokieDan95 • 05/06/22 11:59 AM ET
Ppl in Virginia love to have a little Lee in their names**
typed by ben • 05/06/22 12:12 PM ET
Real lee**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 12:25 PM ET
That’ll get you in trouble these days. **
RoswellGAHokie • 05/06/22 12:06 PM ET
Since we are so softball focused this year
MAHokie69 • 05/06/22 11:57 AM ET
Bobby Hurley and I are not related. And he's lucky we aren't. He wouldn't
Hurley09 • 05/06/22 11:56 AM ET
John Paul Jones, father of the U.S. Navy, was my uncle 7-8x removed
HokieMacDaddy • 05/06/22 11:53 AM ET
Don't forget bass player**
HokieDan95 • 05/06/22 11:54 AM ET
And big UVa donor**
SteveInBaltimore • 05/06/22 12:03 PM ET
We don't need to bring up the guy's dirty laundry**
HokieDan95 • 05/06/22 12:05 PM ET
Easy there Robert E. You'll be lucky if we don't cancel you
vt90 • 05/06/22 12:12 PM ET
My aunt went to high school with Kevin Costner…oh, and a great grandfather
VTScanlo • 05/06/22 11:48 AM ET
Allegedly**
VTScanlo • 05/06/22 12:40 PM ET
"AN APOLOGY, SENATOR. YOU OWE HIM AN APOLOGY."**
TomTurkey • 05/06/22 12:49 PM ET
Great grandfather made the world's 3rd biggest ball of twine**
HokieDan95 • 05/06/22 11:41 AM ET
Was it one of these? 😁**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 12:38 PM ET
We were happy with 3rd. I come from a long line of C students**
HokieDan95 • 05/06/22 01:06 PM ET
This is kind of a stretch...but it's what I got
great2bahokie • 05/06/22 11:39 AM ET
My mother was a reporter for the Brockton Enterprise newspaper
SteveInBaltimore • 05/06/22 11:38 AM ET
The rest of my family has a celeb because I am me
turkeywinghokie • 05/06/22 11:37 AM ET
^^^Humblest of brags^^^ **
Burruss Writer • 05/06/22 11:47 AM ET
A little invention called the McCormick Reaper
BigJake20 • 05/06/22 11:36 AM ET
Had a great uncle beat the rap on federal moonshining charges.
RoswellGAHokie • 05/06/22 11:31 AM ET
My Coach Dad (RIP) had a pretty incredible QB for his HS JV
Tuckahokie • 05/06/22 11:30 AM ET
My sister was Arnold Schwarzenegger's atty as Chief Counsel to the Gov.**
Stork • 05/06/22 11:23 AM ET
A couple ...
vt90 • 05/06/22 11:04 AM ET
My distant relative was a quack, radio mogul and almost governor of Kansas
FfxStationHokie • 05/06/22 12:05 PM ET
I am a direct descendent of William Preston. Also, sorta like VT90's story ◄
Guy LeDouche • 05/06/22 11:26 AM ET
I really liked his song "Will it go round in circles"**
No Clue • 05/06/22 02:45 PM ET
Wow, small world! Willard and I have the same birthday. He was 14yrs older.**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 11:28 AM ET
I call BS
JoesterVT • 05/06/22 11:12 AM ET
It is true ... when my Dad passed away in 2016 I went through his yearbooks
vt90 • 05/06/22 11:18 AM ET
Dang. The phone booth pic's a gem, too.**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 11:24 AM ET
Not only that, neither of those pix 90 posted are Abraham Lincoln.**
PhotoHokieNC • 05/06/22 11:17 AM ET