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Allen Dulles

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Allen Dulles

5th Director Central Intelligence


Who was Allen Dulles?

Allen Dulles was the 5th Director of the Central Intellegence Agency (C.I.A.). He is noted as the first civilian to ever hold the post, and to have been the director longer than anyone else. During his tenure, he oversaw projects such as the U2 spy plane, coups in Guatamala and Iran, and the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Allen Dulles served as a member of the Warren Commission which concluded that assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

Famous Kin

Allen Dulles belonged to one of the United States's most politically connected families that included his brother John Foster Dulles (52nd U.S. Secretary of State) and grandfather John W. Foster (32nd U.S. Secretary of State). His presidential connections include William Howard Taft, Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin Pierce, Zachary Taylor, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a number of others.

Allen Dulles is a direct descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster and has a kinship to fellow passenger Edward Winslow. He also has royal connections to the current royal family through both Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth II, and he is a direct descendant of King Edward I.

Celebrity kin to Allen Dulles include, but is not limited to, actors Clint Eastwood, Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple, Jane Fonda, Ted Danson, Sigourney Weaver, Raquel Welch, and John Wayne.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Allen Dulles

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Phil Scott

82nd Governor of Vermont

8th cousin 3 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

20th cousin 1 time removed
via John, King of England

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John FitzGeoffrey

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

21st cousin
via Hugh de Kevelioc

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

16th cousin 4 times removed
via Edmund Fitzalan

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

21st cousin
via Sir Saher IV de Quincy

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

20th cousin
via William de Braiose

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Hugh le Despencer

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

16th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir James le Boteler

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de Beauchamp

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

12th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Walter Blount

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Nichole d'Aubeney

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Roger de Somery

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Henry Bass

Boston Tea Part participant

13th cousin 5 times removed
via Robert de Ferrers

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William Allen

3rd President of Bowdoin College

5th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Bliss

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John L. Barstow

39th Governor of Vermont

5th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Leffingwell

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John L. Barstow

39th Governor of Vermont

5th cousin 2 times removed
via Mary Marvin

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John L. Barstow

39th Governor of Vermont

5th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Bushnell

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William A. Barstow

3rd Governor of Wisconsin

4th cousin 3 times removed
via Thomas Leffingwell

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William A. Barstow

3rd Governor of Wisconsin

4th cousin 3 times removed
via Mary Marvin

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William A. Barstow

3rd Governor of Wisconsin

4th cousin 3 times removed
via Richard Bushnell

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Walter F. Lansil

American Painter

8th cousin 1 time removed
via William Brewster

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Leffingwell

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Mary Marvin

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Jim Douglas

80th Governor of Vermont

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Bushnell

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