<p>So, i recently found out that my mothers grandfather went to harvard and graduated roughly 85 years ago. </p>
<p>Invariably, i never knew him nor could i conceive of a way to use that to my advantage, and so this is basically a random fact that popped up that has never affected me in any meaningful manner. but could this help me at all?</p>
<p>Unless he was a president of the U.S., a president of Harvard, or donated a building, it is unlikely to have any weight.</p>
<p>howabout grandfather dean of a graduate school for a decade + grandmother at radcliffe + uncle?</p>
<p>I would be embarrassed to get in for these reasons, even if there were some kind of advantage. Concentrate on your own reasons for wanting to go there.</p>