Subj : Famous Adoptees
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Wed May 20 2026 09:14:22

This week's focus is on famous adoptees.  The weekly email I receive has a link to each 
person.  

Clicking that link gives me the trail of persons that lead to my connection to them.  

Per wikitree.com I am:

24 degrees from Steve Jobs
22 degrees from Melissa Gilbert
20 degrees from Scott Hamilton
23 degrees from Jeff Healey
20 degrees from Art Linkletter
21 degrees from Sarah McLachlan
20 degrees from Frances McDormand
21 degrees from Jim Palmer
23 degrees from Nicole Richie
21 degrees from Bill Stephenson
21 degrees from Dave Thomas
23 degrees from Jack Thompson

More about them:

Apple and Pixar founder, Steve Jobs.

"Little House on the Prairie" actress, Melissa Gilbert.

Gold-winning Olympic figure skater, Scott Hamilton.

Jazz and blues-rock musician, Jeff Healey.

Radio and television personality, Art Linkletter.

Singer-songwriter, Sarah McLachlan

Award-winning actress and producer, Frances McDormand

Hall of Fame baseball pitcher, Jim Palmer

Socialite and reality television star, Nicole Richie

World War II Spymaster and code breaker, Bill Stephenson

Wendy's fast food chain founder as well as spokesperson and advocate for adoption, 
Dave Thomas

Australian film legend, Jack Thompson

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, 
authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, holocaust survivors
Indian chiefs, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, 
politicians, poets, popes, writers, WW I heroes.  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.  It is totally free and very useful to genealogists.

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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