Milford Van Houten

Milford Hjalmar Van Houten (presumably born in 1850) is Milhouse Van Houten's direct ancestor. He married Eliza Simpson, even though he wrote in his diary that he could never set eyes on Eliza again after Hiram Simpson betrayed Virgil, the black slave. Ironically, Milhouse states that the next day Milford drank bad well water and became blind, so he married Eliza (this is indicated by a wedding photo in the background during an interview) without setting eyes on her, as he had promised his diary. 
Since Milford and Eliza are ancestors of Kirk and Milhouse Van Houten, Milhouse is a distant cousin to the Simpson children. Eliza's mother / Milford's mother-in-law, Mabel Simpson, is a common ancestor to Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and Milhouse.
==Physical appearance==
Milford looks very similar to his great great great great great grandson, Milhouse, but his blue hair is slightly longer at the end, and for attire, he wears a cyan-colored rolled-up shirt with a dark blue bolo tie and suspenders, grey shorts, and brown shoes with grey laces.
==Personality==
Milford Van Houten doesn't think highly of his wife Eliza Simpson as based on his conversations with Lisa Simpson (his wife's half-great-great-great-grandniece) in the video game The Simpsons: Tapped Out, though Lisa is able to convince Milford that not all Simpsons are bad
He seems to have a slight sense of honor, as he is under the belief that Lisa only does good deeds to make herself look better in front of others and is disgusted by that fact.
==Appearances==
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==Gallery==
Milford van houten.png|Milford and Eliza's wedding
Journal of Milford.png|The Journal of Milford Van Houten
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