Ancestry of
Janis Joplin
Singer and Songwriter
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Janis Joplin
George Herbert
8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)
9th cousin 2 times removed
via Samuel Hicks
Alice French
(aka Octave Thanet)
Novelist and Short Story Writer
8th cousin 2 times removed
via Robert Hicks
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