Ancestry of
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
The family tree for Ellen DeGeneres is still in progress.
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Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Ellen DeGeneres
Lowell Mason Maxham
Medal of Honor Recipient
U. S. Civil War
7th cousin 5 times removed
via William Brewster
Ben Ames Williams
Novelist and Short Story Author
17th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Angela Y. Davis
Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther
16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Angela Y. Davis
Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther
18th cousin 1 time removed
via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Angela Y. Davis
Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther
10th cousin 1 time removed
via Jonathan Brewster
Angela Y. Davis
Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther
16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir John Howard
Angela Y. Davis
Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther
19th cousin 1 time removed
via Michael de la Pole
William Jennings Bryan
41st U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 2 times removed
via William Brewster
View entire list of famous kin for Ellen DeGeneres
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