The following article is from the book Uncle John’s Uncanny Bathroom Reader.Every family has members that stand out: the sports-star brother with a shelf full of trophies, the mouthy niece who became a big-shot lawyer, the crooner cousin who made it onto American Idol. It’s enough to make you scream “Uncle!” Here are a few also-rans who, despite their own accomplishments, were overshadowed by a close relative.IRÈNE JOLIOT-CURIEWhen your mother, Marie Curie, becomes the firs...