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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 3656534" data-attributes="member: 35036">Well, my dad was kicked out of the Marines During Vietnam for drinking, ended up driving dump trucks and a bulldozer in Georgia to help build the modern highway system. His stepdad was a Marine, fought on Guam and Iwo Jima, ended up becoming a drill instructor and a lover of manhandling his wife and kids. My dad only mentioned him once, but supposedly my biological grandfather was in Europe as a Marine, and his father was supposedly in WW1, possibly in the Marines. You’ll never guess what branch I joined. I also have an uncle on that side who supposedly spent a lot of time in Europe during the Cold War working in the CIA. Talk about a guy who has stories that everyone wants to hear, but can never tell.On my moms side my great great great great great uncle/grandpa (that far back does it really matter?) was Sir Thomas Gresham, who founded the Royal Exchange and in his passing, the Gresham College in London. He was also the principal economic advisor to Queen Elizabeth I of England, as well as working with King Henry VI, and Queen Mary I. He’s also the originator of “Gresham’s Law”, which states that “Bad money drives out good”.</blockquote>