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[adisciu9]

Brian Cushing is a descendant of the Cushing brothers, including Alonzo Cushing who won the MOH.

 

[UCVRelics]

Brian Cushing He is a descendant of the Cushing Brothers, who fought in the American Civil War (Alonzo Cushing having won the Medal of Honor).

 

[lelliott19]

Brian Cushing is inside linebacker for the Houston Texans. His 2x great uncle, Alonzo Cushing, was awarded the Medal of Honor (posthumously) in Nov 2014, 151 years after he was killed at the battle of Gettysburg. http://www.espn.com/blog/houston-te...-born-during-world-war-2-in-a-german-war-camp

 

[chellers]

My answer is Civil War Medal of Honor winner, Alonzo Cushing, was the great-great uncle of Brian Cushing, inside linebacker for the Houston, Texans.
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...2&ie=UTF-8#q=alonzo cushing and brian cushing

However, when the Pentagon and Army were searching for a descendant of Alonzo Cushing, the closest living relative located and to whom the medal was given by President Obama, was Helen Loring Ensign, 85, of Palm Desert, Calif., who was Lieutenant Cushing's distant cousin, descended from his maternal aunt.
"New York Times," November 6, 2014.

Ms. Ensign was Alonzo Cushing's closest living relation, a first cousin twice removed. Cushing left no direct descendants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alonzo_Cushing&oldid=756767175

 

[kholland]

Brian Cushing's g-g-uncle was Alonzo Cushing Lieutenant Cushing was a union artilleryman killed at the apex of the famed Pickett' s Charge at Gettysburg on July 3d, 1863. He belatedly received the Medal of Honor in 2014.

I was watching the Texans-Bengals game 2 weekends ago when the announcer mentioned this and showed a photo of Alonzo while telling a little of the story.

 

[ErnieMac]

The Texans inside linebacker, Brian Cushing is related to Civil War heroes Alonzo Cushing (Medal of Honor for actions at Gettysburg) and William Cushing (Thanks of Congress for the sinking of CSS Albemarle).

 

[CheathamHill]

Ha! I seen't this during the NFL game last week and even took some pictures off my television

Brian Cushing is a descendant of the Cushing bros., most famously Alonzo Cushing who the announcers said it was Brian's GG Grandfather though I think there is one more generation between.

The resemblance is DEFINITELY there!

 

[Schwallanscher]

unlike his ancestor alonzo cushing he won't get a medal of homour for his defencive skills - he also seems to play on the wrong team (compared to alonzo, that is)

 

[ami]

rian Cushing, inside linebacker for the Houston Texans is the great-great-grandson of Civil War Medal of Honor winner Alonzo Cushing.

Edit - It seems that one of the announcers on a recent telecast of a Texans game made this statement, so there is a source to support the official correct answer.

I note that several players submitted links to the Wikipedia article on Alonzo Cushing, which states, at the end of the second paragraph, that Alonzo Cushing left no direct descendants. So the claim that Brian Cushing is Alonzo's great-great-grandson is very dubious.

The Wikipedia article on Brian Cushing says that he is descended from the four Cushing brothers who served during the Civil War but does not specify which one. So if Brian is descended from one of the other three, then Alonzo would be Brian's several-times-great uncle. I do note, however, that despite the diligent efforts of all of our players to research this topic, no one seems to have been able to come up with any Internet source that states definitively which one of the four was Brian's great-great-grandfather.

Anyway, I'm going to give credit to everyone who mentioned Alonzo or any of the other Cushing brothers, which basically means I will give credit to everyone who answered this question.

Hoosier