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Quotes About Ancestry

For all I know, my grandfather was a bank robber in Kilsyth.
~ Peter Capaldi
I was Everett LeRoi Jones. My grandfather's name was Everett.
~ Amiri Baraka
I love blues. My grandfather did blues.
~ R. Kelly
Apparently, my grandfather left from Cork to America without saying goodbye to his mother! The family in Longford is still not happy about that.
~ Peggy Johnson
'Frances' is a longtime family name on my dad's side. My grandfather, father, brother, and my daughter's name is Frances.
~ Kate Spade
Curtis Axel has more talent than his grandfather and his father.
~ Paul Heyman
My father was always respectful to my grandfather. I really wanted that to be known because I never saw him disrespect my grandfather, and I never saw them have a cross word.
~ John Carter Cash
My grandfather's from Pinson, Alabama, all the Truckses came from there.
~ Derek Trucks
I just really wish I'd met my grandfather.
~ Dervla Kirwan
Both my parents' brothers are into active politics and so was my grandfather.
~ Mimi Chakraborty
My grandfather was the champion of the world in boxing in 1921 in the bantamweight and flyweight divisions, and I've just been involved in the fighting world my entire life.
~ Bruce Buffer
I follow the Hindutva of my father and grandfather.
~ Uddhav Thackeray
I'm proud of my hands; they look like my grandma's.
~ Serinda Swan
Alot of my inspiration comes from people that you don't see on TV like my mum and my grandma. There's so much history and knowledge.
~ Rachel Khoo
My mother and grandmother both had beautiful skin.
~ Andie MacDowell
I am from a woman's family. My great-grandmother had three daughters and a son. My grandmother had two daughters, and my mother had two daughters. My sister had a daughter and then finally a son. You should have seen my father with the son. He could not believe that finally there was a boy in the family.
~ Chantal Akerman
Ziggy Marley is the third generation of Marleys I know. I knew his grandmother and his dad - I did a children's album with his grandmother. They're like family.
~ Taj Mahal
My grandmother was very funny. It skipped a generation.
~ Richard Belzer
My Indian grandmother was born in Punjab.
~ Andy Dunn
I have goals, I have my purpose. I want to build upon what my grandpa and my dad and my stepdad did in the past.
~ Tessa Blanchard
My mom is from Canada. Both my grandparents were from Canada.
~ Jake Tapper
I grew up with my grandparents around. I think that's important for a child. If for no other reason than to hear stories about their parents when they were children.
~ Al Roker
My grandparents and great-grandparents were classic East European/Russian Jewry. Quasky was the name until Grandpa Quasky changed it in 1948.
~ Richard Quest
My great grandparents are Scottish, and I have this very tenuous connection which I try and bump up whenever I can, because I'd much rather be Scottish than English.
~ Rupert Friend