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# Cyndi Lauper's Ancestors Played a Part in a Swiss Rebellion
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/finding-your-roots/extras/cyndi-laupers-ancestors-played-part-swiss-rebellion/
- Published: 2024-04-02T23:11:42.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T14:29:02.000Z
- Description: Cyndi Lauper's great-grandfather organized a rebellion in Switzerland in the 1650s.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Finding Your Roots, #ZZZ_Show_855aaf88-37bb-4949-872a-c4646a613145, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_ec725adb-a054-48df-a10e-e9720dc9fc1e, #extra

Singer Cyndi Lauper, who has devoted her life to an array of social causes, had a great-grandfather who, as a "general agitator," helped organize a rebellion against unfair monetary policies in Switzerland in the early 1650s.