The 5 Craziest Black Sheep From Famous Families

From Chris Farley movies to Jane Austen novels, fictional stories about the "black sheep" of famous or wealthy families often portray them as the truly normal ones, rebelling by daring to be in touch with their fellow man. And while those people may exist, calling them black sheep does an injustice to the truly shameful, aggressively crazy members of notable families.

5. Benson Ford Jr. -- Motor Company Shark & #4. Alfred "Alfie" Ford -- Auto/Chemical Krishna 

Detroit may have just filed for bankruptcy, but it wasn't always a charred hellhole of violence and despair where employment can only be found in positioning hats upon Kid Rock's head. That's where old time rock 'n' roll once came from. Cars, too. The early '70s were a good time to be a wealthy heir from one of the Motor City's most prominent DNA pools, the Fords. Japan hadn't quite started kicking fuel-inefficient butt yet, and plenty of drugs and marginal religions were happy to relieve those kids of their trust funds.

They are some of the most powerful families in the world. No, they need not control an entire country nor are their fingers at the trigger of some of the most powerful weapons in the world. But they have been extremely successful, and in so doing, we mere mortals find ourselves being influenced whether explicitly or tacitly by what they do and what they have to say. These are ten of the most powerful families in the world.