I already knew about him ^^ My granny had a picture of him in her house, so she told me about him. My Uncle was named after him too, haha, although we call him Sam, not Samuel. I have a book my Granny used to own, it has part of our family tree in it - or at least the Smiles side, so that is my Mum's Father's side (granny's husband).
That Wikipedia link says one of Samuel Smiles' descendents is Bear Grylls, that was how I found out. So I'm sort of related to Bear, right?
*finds the book and looks it up* Here we go, my Great Granddad's brother is Bear Grylls' grandfather :D Weird huh?
Kaerlyn
Tea pixie (Otaku Eternal) | Posted 05/17/12 | Reply
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I already knew about him ^^ My granny had a picture of him in her house, so she told me about him. My Uncle was named after him too, haha, although we call him Sam, not Samuel. I have a book my Granny used to own, it has part of our family tree in it - or at least the Smiles side, so that is my Mum's Father's side (granny's husband).
That Wikipedia link says one of Samuel Smiles' descendents is Bear Grylls, that was how I found out. So I'm sort of related to Bear, right?
*finds the book and looks it up* Here we go, my Great Granddad's brother is Bear Grylls' grandfather :D Weird huh?