Interesting facts about yourself?

[WaltK]

Not entirely sure this is the right place, but here goes.

The most unusual thing about me...

I have three older siblings. The age gap between me and them is sixteen years (my sisters and brother were 20, 18 and 16 respectively), so I practically grew up as an only child.

Another oddity related to this is that I’ve been an uncle for literally my entire life; my oldest niece is two years older than me. Her and my nephew (three years younger) felt more like my actual siblings growing up.

I’m even a great-uncle already, with one great-niece.

 

[2 quid is good]

Your life experiences are not unusual in my family, if it makes you feel better

As for me, I have a lot of first cousins, like a lot

My mum and dad have 8 and 7 siblings respectively, so you can do the maths

 

[Soldier]

I've probably already mentioned this before, but I've got prehensile feet.
Essentially, I can pick things up with my toes, the heaviest object I can pick up is a 10 pound weight, and the lightest is a penny, with socks on no less.
I've also been told that if I pinch people with my toes, it hurts, a lot.
It's a skill anyone can do, but few people choose to, It's fairly useful for picking things up without bending over or opening doors without using your hands.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Uh, I can stand pointe barefooted. I broke my arm as a child and couldn’t see over the counter at the doctor’s office so I started watching that one scene in Titanic where Kate Winslet dances on her toes and practiced that every day.

It dawns on me now that I could have broken my toes back then doing that but whatever. It’s a skill that has helped me as a short adult. I always stand pointe to reach stuff on high shelves.

I will say I missed my calling as a ballerina.

My family has a pretty involved history with the Civil Rights Movement.

 

[WaltK]

I started watching that one scene in Titanic where...

Speaking of Titanic... I had a distant relative who worked on the ship! He survived the sinking. He was my first cousin, twice removed.

Speaking of distant relatives, I’m also very distantly related to Katie Couric.

 

[Keyblade Knight 1st Class]

According to my aunt, apparently we're distant relatives of the Roosevelts

 

[2 quid is good]

Talking about distant relations, as recently as the late 1700s/early 1800s my family were royals (and are still recognised as such by anyone who cares about this stuff lol)

Around that time my ancestor converted to Islam, so was cast out, and iirc became a wood merchant, but my family in punjab has always enjoyed a relatively good standard of living. I won't lie and say the status gives me no privileges, it does but only when I'm back home, in my day to day life in the UK it'll never come up.

There's kind of a funny story related to this where my mum got a driving ticket and had to report to the police station, and sent my dad instead because "our girls do not go to places like that" XD

 

[OG Beastar Louie]

i am learning japanese!
oh yeah,and i have two half brothers that were 21/22

 

[Deleted member 246005]

I have a fraternal twin sister and my father has a younger set of triplet sisters.

 

[OG Beastar Louie]

cool!

 

[Keyblade Knight 1st Class]

I currently have 7 cats...for some reason lol.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

I currently have 7 cats...for some reason lol.

“For some reason”? My dude, you were chosen. This is your destiny.

 

[OG Beastar Louie]

“For some reason”? My dude, you were chosen. This is your destiny.

lol.

 

[Vulpes XIII]

Not sure how interesting this is but I’m currently attempting to teach myself British Sign Language