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    From Mike Dippel@3:640/1116 to ALL on Wed Mar 10 22:42:48 2021
    My latest weekly email from WikiTree revealed my relation to several more celebrities.
    I am 20 degrees from Alexander Graham Bell, 29 degrees from Steve Jobs, 25 degrees
    from Hedy Lamarr, and 18 degrees from Samuel Morse.

    It's always fun to learn about new relationships!

    Mike
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  • From Nigel Reed@1:124/5016 to Mike Dippel on Mon Mar 15 14:59:46 2021
    Mike wrote:
    My latest weekly email from WikiTree revealed my relation to several more celebrities.
    I am 20 degrees from Alexander Graham Bell, 29 degrees from Steve Jobs, 25 degrees
    from Hedy Lamarr, and 18 degrees from Samuel Morse.

    My uncle's cousin is singer and actress Marti Webb, so I've been told.

    It's always fun to learn about new relationships!

    I did receive a GEDCOM that linked someone who married into a distant branch
    of my family who had connections to the British Royal family. They were also rather distant from the throne. Since they married into my side, I have no direct relationship to the queen, but she does appear on my tree.
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  • From Mike Dippel@3:640/1116 to Nigel Reed on Mon Mar 15 17:20:54 2021
    I did receive a GEDCOM that linked someone who married into a distant branch of my family who had connections to the British Royal family. They were also rather distant from the throne. Since they married into my side, I have no direct relationship to the queen, but she does appear on my tree.

    If you are not already on http://wikitree.com I would suggest you do so. You just enter
    your immediate family and any ancestors you are aware of, and you should start receiving
    emails after a month or so.

    Mike Dippel

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  • From Nigel Reed@1:124/5016 to Mike Dippel on Tue Mar 16 03:27:39 2021
    Mike wrote:
    I did receive a GEDCOM that linked someone who married into a distant branch
    of my family who had connections to the British Royal family. They were also
    rather distant from the throne. Since they married into my side, I have no direct relationship to the queen, but she does appear on my tree.

    If you are not already on http://wikitree.com I would suggest you do so. You just enter
    your immediate family and any ancestors you are aware of, and you should start receiving
    emails after a month or so.

    Yes, I have an account there but I've not filled anything in. I was rather disappointed when it wouldn't accept my GEDCOM. It seems like it's limited to 500 people and I've got over 10,000.
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  • From Mike Dippel@3:640/1116 to Nigel Reed on Tue Mar 16 04:57:34 2021
    Hi Nigel,

    Yes, I have an account there but I've not filled anything in. I was rather disappointed when it wouldn't accept my GEDCOM. It seems like it's limited to
    500 people and I've got over 10,000.

    Not sure if there is any way to break your GEDCOM down to just a limited section of your
    family. Family Tree Maker (https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/) used to be able to do this.

    If you can upload a much smaller file, you should see results. Let me know.

    Mike

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  • From Nigel Reed@1:124/5016 to Mike Dippel on Tue Mar 16 17:06:46 2021
    Mike wrote:
    Not sure if there is any way to break your GEDCOM down to just a limited section of your
    family. Family Tree Maker (https://www.mackiev.com/ftm/) used to be able to do this.

    If you can upload a much smaller file, you should see results. Let me know.

    I can probably make a copy and prune branches. Since the code is open, I could probably just extract my line to a GEDCOM or another tree and then export it. I'll take a look when I have time.
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