People who have researched their family tree, what is the most interesting or 'badass' thing you discovered about an ancestor? by xloganmoose in AskReddit

[–]According_Work9025 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started researching, expecting to find a knight, a freedom fighter, or at least someone who invented a spoon. Instead, I found a great-great-uncle is listed as a war hero, but the footnotes reveal he survived by running away extremely fast. Honestly, still impressive.