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John McCain

Ancestry of
John McCain

U.S. Senator from Arizona


Who is John McCain?

John McCain is a U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was the son and grandson of four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. John McCain was a naval aviator during the Vietnam War piloting ground-attack aircraft off of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. In 1967 he was seriously injured when he was shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese. He remained a prisoner of war until 1973 and experienced multiple episodes of torture while in captivity. In 2008 he was the Republican presidential nominee in the race for U.S. President. He lost the election to Sen. Barack Obama.

Famous Kin

Senator John McCain has a number of kinships to former presidents of the United States including George Washington, James Madison, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and both Presidents Bush. Most of his famous kin are through royal connections that include King Henry VIII and a few of his wives, and more recently Queen Elizabeth II and the late Princess Diana.

John McCain has a few kinships to signers of the Declaration of Independence that include Benjamin Harrison V, Robert Treat Paine, Thomas Nelson, Caesar Rodney, William Floyd, Roger Sherman, and William Ellery.

False Claims

Actress Anjelica Huston

There are a number of online sources that claim that Sen. John McCain and actress Anjelica Huston are cousins through their common ancestors of Joseph Scales and Mary Fox. The most prominent of these claims is on the late William Reitwiesner's website wargs.com. Unfortunately the claim is false as the connection from Anjelica Huston becomes invalid with the proposed parentage of her great-grandfather John Gore.

The claim is that John Gore, who married Adelia Richardson, was the son of Edward Gore and Mary Jane Camp. However primary sources show that their son John actually married Cora C. Miller in 1884 and remained married to her into the mid-1900s. Anjelica Huston's great-grandfather was the son of William C. Goar (Gore) and Jane Farley, both of Virginia.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for John McCain

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

20th cousin 1 time removed
via William de Ros

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

20th cousin
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

20th cousin
via Elizabeth de Clare

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

21st cousin
via Beatrice de Beauchamp

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

19th cousin
via Sir John Howard

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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DuBose Heyward

Author of Porgy (Porgy & Bess)

16th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Thomas Blount

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

20th cousin
via William de Ros

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

20th cousin
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

16th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Ralph Shirley

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George Herbert

8th Earl of Carnarvon
Owner, Highclere Castle (aka Downton Abbey)

17th cousin
via Sir Hugh Willoughby

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

18th cousin 2 times removed
via William de Ros

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

18th cousin 2 times removed
via John de Botetourte

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

14th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Ralph Shirley

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

13th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Hugh Willoughby

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

17th cousin
via Elizabeth Cokayne

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Penn Jillette

Magician

14th cousin
via Nicholas Brome

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Warren Buffett

Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Samuel Prescott

Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

15th cousin 5 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Glenn Close

Movie, Television, and Stage Actress

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Catherine Howard

5th Wife of King Henry VIII

7th cousin 13 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Jack London

Author of “The Call of the Wild”

18th cousin 2 times removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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Paul Walker

TV and Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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