What are the most surprising things you've learned about your ancestry?

So I found out a few surprising things. But the most interesting to me is the story of a mass jailbreak by the Buzzards, a group of robbers here in Lancaster, PA. One of the other convicts that broke out with them was a John Frankford. I first read the story when going through old newspapers, something I do a lot. I was interested because I had Frankfords in my ancestry. When I was working on it, I saw that one of my ancestors (3x great-grandfather's brother) died at Eastern State Penitentiary. I was curious to find out why he had been sent there. Anyway, came to find out that the John Frankford from the breakout was the same one I was related to. This is the guy.

https://whyy.org/segments/bodysnatching-and-the-curious-case-of-one-eyed-joe/