That was until I found out that he was a fifth-generation descendent of Hans Hansen Bergen and, apparently, Sarah Rapelje, the first European Christian female born in the colony of New Amsterdam in what is now New York.
Her family founded Brooklyn and Queens and she is the 9th great-grandmother of Humphrey Bogart.
See a resemblance?
You might not see that much of a resemblance because Bogart is a descendent of her youngest son, whom she had with her second husband after my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather died. Yeah, so that was a pretty interesting thing I found out today.
Oh yeah, one more thing, Sarah and I share a birthday 350 years apart.
UPDATE: found this:
