Danielle's great uncle, Jake Erlich (show name
Jack Earle), was the tallest man in the world for a portion of the time that he was alive at a whopping 8'6.5." He was also a silent film star who worked with Baby Peggy and was best friends with The Doll Family. The head of the Doll Family who was her uncle's dearest friend played the mayor of the Lollypop Guild of Munchkin Land in "The Wizard of Oz." Besides being a silent film star, Jake was also the circus giant in Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Baily's Circus Side Show for twenty years. Jake Erlich was also a poet, painter, sculptor, and photographer.