My grandmother's great uncle was Wallace Hartley, the bandleader on the Titanic. Also, on Ma's side, a really really old Family Pedigree (as it was called) thing from circa 1895 or something, claims that an Aunt (Sarah someone or other) composed the nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. (I doubt this authenticity very much.) And my great great grandfather on Ma's side was an Earl of somewhere (in the UK obviously) who apparently did something really bad and was disowned by his family and booted over here. The fact he went on to marry my great great grandmother who was all of 12 at the time, kinda makes me think his choice in 'women' had something to do with his disownment.