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Jordana Brewster

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Jordana Brewster

TV and Movie Actress


Who is Jordana Brewster?

Jordana Brewster is a Panamanian-born American/Brazilian television and movie actress. Her mother, Maria João, was the 1978 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover model. Jordana Brewster is probably best known for her role as Mia Toretto in the Fast & Furious movie franchise and more recently as Dr. Maureen Cahill in the Lethal Weapon television series. In 2009, she won a Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Action for her role in Fast & Furious.

Famous Kin

One glance at the name of Jordana Brewster’s father, Alden Brewster, and you know she has Mayflower descendant written all over her. Jordana Brewster is a direct descendant of Mayflower passengers William Brewster, Edward Doty, and William White. She is also kin to a number of former U.S. Presidents including George Washington, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, Ulysses S. Grant, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Richard Nixon, and both Presidents Bush.

Jordana Brewster also has kinship to the current royal family through her connection to the late Princess Diana. She has a number of fellow celebrities as kin including, but not limited to, chef and TV personality Julia Child, actress Katharine Hepburn, Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, actor Humphrey Bogart, actress Paget Brewster, singer and songwriter Taylor Swift, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, TV’s Bill Nye the Science Guy, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, singer and actor Bing Crosby, and actress Shirley Temple.

Some of Jordana Brewster’s historical kin include American traitor Benedict Arnold, cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney, American legend Johnny Appleseed, Boston Tea Party participant Samuel Howard, Civil War General George B. McClellan, accused murderess Lizzie Borden, women’s rights advocate Susan B. Anthony, and gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok. Famous literary kin include poet Emily Dickinson, author Clarence Day, novelist Thomas Pynchon, author Louisa May Alcott, and author Ernest Hemingway.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Jordana Brewster

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Ava Michelle

Model and Actress

11th cousin 2 times removed
via William Brewster

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Ava Michelle

Model and Actress

12th cousin 1 time removed
via Jane Clark

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Jim Edgar

38th Governor of Illinois

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Ezra Perry

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General Douglas MacArthur

U.S. Army - World War II

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Ezra Perry

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Marilyn Monroe

Actress, Model, and Singer

9th cousin 1 time removed
via Ezra Perry

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Mark Isham

Musician, Film Composer

10th cousin
via Ezra Perry

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Henry Howard Sessions

Railroad Car Inventor

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Thomas Burgess

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Lowell Mason Maxham

Medal of Honor Recipient
U. S. Civil War

3rd cousin 5 times removed
via Samuel Maxim

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Danny Ainge

NBA Player and Coach

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Edmund Freeman Jr.

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Alice French

(aka Octave Thanet)
Novelist and Short Story Writer

8th cousin 2 times removed
via Isaac Stearns

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Alice French

(aka Octave Thanet)
Novelist and Short Story Writer

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Tupper Jr.

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Marcus Morton

16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts

3rd cousin 6 times removed
via Thomas Tupper Jr.

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Zach Braff

TV, Film and Stage Actor

11th cousin 1 time removed
via William Brewster

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Zach Braff

TV, Film and Stage Actor

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Edward Doty

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Zach Braff

TV, Film and Stage Actor

12th cousin
via Jane Clark

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Zach Braff

TV, Film and Stage Actor

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Walter Hatch

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Zach Braff

TV, Film and Stage Actor

10th cousin 1 time removed
via Benjamin Balch

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Alice French

(aka Octave Thanet)
Novelist and Short Story Writer

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Alice French

(aka Octave Thanet)
Novelist and Short Story Writer

7th cousin 4 times removed
via George Morton

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Alice French

(aka Octave Thanet)
Novelist and Short Story Writer

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Thomas Clark

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Marcus Morton

16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts

5th cousin 6 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Marcus Morton

16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts

5th cousin 6 times removed
via George Morton

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Marcus Morton

16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts

5th cousin 6 times removed
via Thomas Clark

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Ben Ames Williams

Novelist and Short Story Author

7th cousin 4 times removed
via William Ames

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Jordana Brewster photo by Andre Luis (CC BY-SA 3.0)