I was wondering if other people had tree building stories anything like mine.
I was struggling along many months tree building without being able to connect to the Geni World Family tree.
I finally had a brainstorm: maybe I should aim to connect to an existing "notable?". Problem was - the closest I came to knowing of anyone kind of famous was a retired football player. So I got him in my tree but it didn't actually help the "connect me" cause. So I started looking St the spouses of great great aunts and uncles and so on, and noticed a "Gore" name.
I asked family if they knew who this was: and any relation to former Vice President Al Gore?
The answer was: "no clue, but Gore Vidal is one of my favorite writers."
And -- it turns out: Geni says: Gore Vidal is your fourth great aunt's third cousin four times removed!
My gateway ...
Who was yours?