Both of my grand grandfathers(from my mother's side)and one grand grandfather(from my father's side)seved in WW2.Two of them as infantry(partisans)and one of the as political commissar...

My Great Uncle loaded ordnance onto the bombers and was there when the invasion of Italy (or Sicily, i forget) began. My other Great Uncle was on a submarine in the Pacific, which supposedly sank, but it was never found.

My granddad was ensign with the Air Force in wwII and died with 66 on the consequences of a bad pneumonia he got in Siberia as prisoner. My other Granddad was also soldier but he died when my father was a child- he started in the Luftwaffe, it's is possible that he later went to the Waffen-SS but it seems he tried to cover his tracks after the war (a letter from a comrade of him says that they were asked if they wanted to go to France with an Airborne Division or transfer to the Waffen-SS).
My ur-granddad served in an Infantry Regiment(Landwehr Infanterie Regiment Nr. 31) during WWI although he was in an music corps before the war.

I sure have also many grand-uncles and ancestors that served in the world wars- I can even trace some back to the German-French war up to the Battle of Waterloo (10th Generation - paternal)

Most Spanish Grandparents fought the Spanish Civil War, so did mine. One of them died and we don´t even know where he lies. His brother survived and was a high officer until dying.

My father didn´t fight any war, he joined Legion but he was thrown away for hitting a nun who made a soldier wake up one cold morning to clean a broken thermometer in hospital and that nite soldier died. When my father saw the nun punched her. He was going to jail but his uncle (officer saved his ass).

Many other uncles, cousins.. have been military, and also I did joining Spanish Legion. (All of them were officers, so I was the black sheep, because I joined from 0 even I had university studies)

My family tree has an extensive military heritage: my dad and one of his brother's were Royal Navy (1939-1955) and pop was Royal Merchant Navy (WWI). Great-grandfather was in the British Army. 2 of my brothers were/are Australian Regular Army and a nephew and niece are Army Reserves. Needless to say there are a lot of army vs Navy arguments in my family also I've served with both and have a liking for the Pongo's (Aussie Navy nickname for the Aussie soldiers) although I'm in the Puss (Aussie Army nickname for the Aussie Navy - although I've heard ruder references too).

My dad was a pilot USAAF/USAF WWII, Korea, Vietnam.

My dad had an uncle who was part of the Princess Patricia Light Infantry during WWII.

on my mothers side:

Great grand father was a soldier in ww1. (grandma's dad)
Other great grand father (grandpa's dad) was a soldier in ww2 he died in a German POW camp couple of months after he was captured.

Grandfather - belgian army never fought in a war.

My fathers side:

Great grand father - was a lifer, spent his entire carreer in the army, he fought in ww2.

Grand father - Served 10 years in the Belgian Navy. was deployed several times to the belgian congo on riverine boats. Then he got out and spent the rest of his career as a Police officer, retired as a sergeant.

Father - Belgian army medical corps. But was assisinged to the belgian navy so he spent 8 years being a medic onboard ships. (this happens quite oftend, now the medical corps is a stand alone corps and as a medic you can be assinged to the army,navy and air force) He is currently still serving and in the future a possible deployment to Afghanistan or libanon is coming.

myself - hopefully one day i'll join the ranks

From my fathers side we have a huge military tradition. I know that my greatgrandads father was also a soldier and his father was a soldier and so forth. so you could call it a family tradition

Father served as a 1st Lieutenant US Army.

My French Grandfather (a PFC) was captured after the Fall of France and spent time as a POW. Escaped.

Both of my French Great-grandfathers served in the RI (regiment d'infantrie) during WWI. One of them was wounded at Verdun as PFCs.

Great-Uncle served in French Air Force in 1940. Transferred to North Africa but transport ship was sunk from underneath him before he got there by RN Swordfishes. Interned in Turkey, repatriated a year later to France. Served in the resistence until end of War. Rejoined AF after WWII served in Vietnam at Dien Bien Phu, but was badly injured in a plane crash and repatriated to France before the Fortress fell.

Father-in-Law, Colonel French Army (Parachute Regiment). Served in Lebanonese War.

My American Grandfather served in both World Wars, first as a young man in the Merchant Marine, as a Cavalry Officer in the National Guard during the intra-war period, and Finally as a Lt-Colonel in the US Army during WWII.

And Finally My Great-Great-Great Grandfather was a Union Artillery Captain in a Ohio Artillery Battery. Army of the Potomac (we think).

For generations it had been handed down that a distant member of my mothers family had fought at Rorkes Drift and survived the battle.

However, I had an interesting chat with a guy who has, and still studies the Anglo Zulu War. When I mentioned my mothers family member had fought at Rorkes Drift, he asked for as much information as possible about the man. Working from memory I gave him all the information I had. A few days later he rang me and stated, he didnt fight at Rorkes Drift and survived, he fought at Isandlwana where he was killed.

Its surprising what can turn up after 130 years.