Subj : Canadian Connections
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Wed Jul 16 2025 12:05:18

This weeks connections celebrate Canadians.

Per wikitree.com I am:

23 degrees from Mark Carney
20 degrees from James Cameron
19 degrees from George Foote Foss
28 degrees from Aubrey Graham
17 degrees from Elsie Knott
17 degrees from Jason Lee
15 degrees from Mario Lemieux
15 degrees from Alexander Mackenzie
15 degrees from Elodie Paradis dite Mere Marie-Leonie
14 degrees from Laura Secord
33 degrees from Mary Simon
21 degrees from Neil Young

More info about them:

Mark Carney, Canada's current prime minister

James Cameron, filmmaker known for "Titanic" and the Avatar movies

George Foote Foss, creator of Canada's first gas-motorcar, the Fossmobile

Aubrey "Drake" Graham, rapper

Elsie Marie Knott, first woman in Canada to be elected as Chief of a First Nation

Jason Lee, Canadian missionary who was an Oregon pioneer

Mario Lemieux, one of the best hockey players of all time

Sir Alexander Mackenzie, famous for early explorations of the interior of Canada

St. Alodie Virginie Paradis dite Mere Marie-Leonie, recently canonized Catholic saint
Laura Secord, War of 1812 heroine

Mary Simon, 29th Governor General of Canada

Neil Young, singer-songwriter, activist, and environmentalist

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, 
bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, pro hockey players,  singers and
musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers.  I guess that 
I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly 
newsletters.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by 
giving me some basic information by going to:

https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm
and click on the 'Request Form' link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history, 
and I would love to see how WE are related.

Mike Dippel
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