You know who's really mad about the $10 bill change? Alexander Hamilton's great-great-great-great-great grandson.

Doug Hamilton
(Image credit: AP Photo/Mitch Stacy)

A lot of people have expressed disappointment with the U.S. Treasury's recent decision to have a to-be-named woman share the spotlight with founding father Alexander Hamilton on the next edition of the $10 bill, out in 2020. But Doug Hamilton's beef is personal: The man honored is his — count it — great-great-great-great-great grandfather.

"We think he is somebody the younger generation should look up to," Hamilton told The Associated Press about why he doesn't want the bill changed.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.