{{{ Shir }}} That is not an easy thing. I have no real advice to offer, as my knowledge of the situation is passing at best. So I offer a suggestion with tongue in cheek. Tell your dad that you, as a left leaning person, can not abide by that, and in protest, are moving to Dallas, TX! Since your father associates this city with a single November day in 1963, let him leap to conclusions. {{{ Shir }}}
As for lineage. Non royal that I'm aware of, even though I have Kingly Names (Brian was the first king of Ireland, and there were a ton of King Charles all over the place). But on my mothers, fathers, mothers, mothers, mothers, etc-maternal sides of the tree, Antonín Dvořák was a grandfather.
On my fathers side of the family, his mothers side, there is a town & lake in upstate NY near the Canadian border that is the family name. It being on the maternal sides a few generations back, I forget what it is.
A little closer to my generation, both my Grandfathers had interesting moments in history. My mothers father played for the Philadelphia Eagles in their second season. Nose Guard. No pads. Leather helmet (optional). My fathers father was a rum runner during prohibition. Worked for the mob, driving through the (then) backwoods of NY to get the booze to the city. After the repeal, he kept the liquor contacts and opened a liquor store.
As for colleges. I wasn't the first to go, but am the only in the family to have a Masters Degree! Woot. Which means I had student debt for longer than anyone else in my family.