Don's Father and Mother Are Brothers

 81 Years Ago Today

Wednesday 15th of January 1941
Singer-songwriter, musician and artist Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart is born as Don Glen Vliet in Glendale, California, United States.

Don's father and mother are brothers, while his cousins are also his mother's siblings, including Uncle, uncle's great-grandfather and aunt-and-uncle Don Glen and his parents, aunt-and-uncle Don's grandmother, a niece-in-law, Astrid Dunne & Astrid's first cousins and Don Glen's stepfather, his grandfather, his sister and uncle. Don was educated at UCLA in 1969.