Cokie Roberts-16th Cousin

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Dietz Family Line
Surname branches:
My branches:
Repinski-Deitz-Brown-Smith-Sayles-Scott-Marbury-Dryeden-Cope-Raleigh
Cokie's Branches:
Raliegh-Lockwood-Hoo-Townsend-Stith-Thorp-Bray-Claiborn-Boggs-Roberts

Cokie Roberts died this past week on September 17, 2019.

I remember listening to Cokie on NPR (National Public Radio) on my many drives and years later as she worked for the TV news networks. Her reporting was brilliant and captivating.

She was a true legend in news reporting. 

Cokie was also my distant cousin through our shared ancestral Great Grandmother, Margaret Verney Raleigh. 

T. Boone Pickens-16th Cousin

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Surnames: Repinski-Dietz-Brown-Smith-Sayles-Scott-Marbury-Blount

 T. Boone Pickens 

(1928-2019)

A True Texas Legend "shuffled off this mortal coil today"...

T. Boone Pickens passed away today, September 11th, 2019 in Dallas Texas.

T. Boone was one of the better known Texas Oil Tycoons of the last century.

I heard about his passing on my way to work this morning. I again heard about it while listening to the news on TV while setting up the restaurant. 

I felt a personal connection to this man for some reason....

On my way home from work tonight, NPR had a segment talking about his life and how his philanthropic efforts helped so many Texas institutions and the people served by this.

When I got home, there was a post on my Facebook Wall about his passing.

I then decided to a bit of research on this man.

I discovered in a matter of minutes that

Thomas Boone Pickens was my 16th cousin once removed.

I had the pleasure of meeting him at the hotel I work at a few years ago.

Back then I had no idea we shared the same kinfolk that goes back many generations.

Following is my family connection to T Boone and the discovery I made this evening that shows how we share some pretty neat ancestral family lines including some English Knights and Barons and a Spanish Ancestral Great Grandmother named Sancha Blount, Lady de Ayala, who's family ancestry goes back to the Royal and Noble families of Early Spain and Portugal.

Rest in Peace Cousin Thomas