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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by cbt141</i> <br /><br />http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Forbes_family <br /> <br />mentioning the forbes cb&q family made me wonder if they were also the publishing dynasty. one of the rail forbes' was named malcolm. <br />turns out that the answer is no, but they are related to almost everybody else. these guys were into some interesting lines of work. also, remember their "china trade" perkins relations included charles perkins the "shaper" of cb&q. notice that they have stayed politically active. <br />[/quote]Distant cousins mabe, B.C. Forbes landed in this country if I am not mistaken, in the early years of the 20th century. The late Malcomb Forbes the publisher of the business magazine "FORBES" was the son of B.C. as memory serves me. The editors of FORBES would probably be the best place to get that information straight.
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