Ralph Waldo Emerson is my great great great great and I could keep going grandfather on my mother's side and on my father's side Harvey s ladew is another interesting figure in history founded the ladew gardens in Maryland One of the largest topiary gardens in the world which I've recently visited and it was amazing I also picked up Harvey's book titled The Life and gardens of Harvey Ladew I've recently been digging in a little bit to my family history it's strange how many beliefs I share with Ralph Waldo Emerson without ever reading his works it's truly uncanny I started sending some of the videos and literature to my friends and they all said wow that really explains a lot about you DNA is an interesting thing