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    From Mike Dippel@3:712/1321.5 to ALL on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 16:56:52
    It's Fathers Week, so in this week features the actors who played famous TV Dads. Per
    wikitree.com I am:

    19 degrees from John Astin
    17 degrees from Hugh Beaumont
    24 degrees from Paul Cronin
    25 degrees from Ed Devereaux
    19 degrees from Lorne Greene
    22 degrees from David Hasselhoff
    20 degrees from Michael Landon
    19 degrees from Ozzie Nelson
    20 degrees from William Powell
    22 degrees from Alan Thicke
    24 degrees from Reginald VelJohnson
    22 degrees from Ralph Waite

    More about them:

    John Astin, Gomez Addams on "The Addams Family."

    Hugh Beaumont, Ward Cleaver on "Leave It To Beaver."

    Paul Cronin, Dave Sullivan in "The Sullivans."

    Ed Devereaux, Matt Hammond in "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo."

    Lorne Greene, Ben (Pa) Cartwright on "Bonanza."

    David Hasselhoff, Mitch Buchannon in "Baywatch."

    'Michael Landon, Charles 'Pa' Ingalls in "Little House on the Prairie."

    Ozzie Nelson, father in "Ozzie and Harriet."

    William Powell, Clarence Day in "Life with Father."

    Alan Thicke, Dr. Jason Seaver on "Growing Pains."

    Reginald VelJohnson, Carl Winslow on "Family Matters."

    Ralph Waite, John Walton in "The Waltons."

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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:

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    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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