What Ancestor are You?

I've been watching this documentary of Patagonia on swedish TV. Many links to Magellan appear which lead me back to thinking about my ancestor Juan Sebastian Elcano.

He had been forced to join Magellans expedition to circumnavigate the world in order to avoid punishment from the Spanish king Carlos I (after pissing of the king when he surrendered a ship to Genoan bankers). I wonder what he was like? Maybe my aunt has something of his character in her when she pisses of the family?

I found a list that sounds very brooding called the List of survivors of the first voyage around the world. Maybe history will or has repeated itself. That theres anyone in the family who might be forced to make a horrendous trip or something similar and maybe becomes famous while going through hell.

What people (who might be related to the people on the list of survivors) have I met or will I meet? How would the meeting between us be? Are there any traces of our ancestors character left in us that may or may not dictate our actions and trigger similar behaviour?