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John McCain

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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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Seth Low

President of Columbia University

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Seth Low

President of Columbia University

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Gilbert de Clare

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Seth Low

President of Columbia University

15th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Walter Blount

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Seth Low

President of Columbia University

13th cousin 2 times removed
via John Brome

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Seth Low

President of Columbia University

16th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Reynold de Grey

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William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

15th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir William de Ros

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William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

17th cousin 4 times removed
via Sir Gilbert de Clare

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William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

13th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Walter Blount

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William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

11th cousin 4 times removed
via John Brome

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William Woodbridge

2nd Governor of Michigan

14th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Reynold de Grey

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George Winston

New Age Pianist

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Bartholomew de Badlesmere

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George Winston

New Age Pianist

17th cousin
via Sir Thomas Blount

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Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Walter Blount

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Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

15th cousin 2 times removed
via John Brome

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Ben Jealous

President and CEO of NAACP

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Reynold de Grey

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Melvil Dewey

Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

18th cousin 3 times removed
via Sir Gilbert de Clare

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Melvil Dewey

Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

12th cousin 5 times removed
via Sir Thomas Blount

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Tony Dow

TV Actor

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir William de Ros

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Tony Dow

TV Actor

19th cousin
via Sir Reynold de Grey

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Susan Dey

TV and Movie Actress

14th cousin 1 time removed
via Nicholas Brome

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

18th cousin 2 times removed
via John de Welles

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Amber Stevens West

TV and Movie Actress

18th cousin
via Sir Walter Blount

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

18th cousin 1 time removed
via John de Welles

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Shadoe Stevens

Radio Disc Jockey

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Walter Blount

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Please note: The ancestor reports on this website have been compiled from thousands of different sources, many over 100 years old. These sources are attached to each ancestor so that you can personally judge their reliability. As with any good genealogical research, if you discover a link to your own family tree, consider it a starting point for further research. It is always preferable to locate primary records where possible. FamousKin.com cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy and reliability of these sources.