Ancestry of
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
Who was Alan Turing?
Alan Turing was an English mathematician, cryptanalyst, and computer scientist. He is often referred to as the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
During World War II, Alan Turing joined a secret code breaking unit based at Bletchley Park. He was instrumental in developing a machine that was able to find the settings used by the German Enigma machine enabling the allies to decrypt German messages. It’s been estimated that this accomplishment, the subject of the 2014 movie The Imitation Game, shortened the war by a couple of years and saved millions of lives.
Famous Kin
Alan Turing’s known famous kin tend to be through royal connections. He is a direct descendant of King Edward I and a number of Magna Carta sureties including Hugh le Bigod, John FitzRobert, Sir Saher de Quincy, and Henry de Bohun. One of Alan Turing’s more interesting connections is a kinship to actor Benedict Cumberbatch. Cumberbatch is the actor who portrayed Turing in the movie The Imitation Game. Another interesting family connection for Alan Turing is to German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. Not only did Braun help develop the United States’ Saturn V rocket that propelled the Apollo spacecraft to the moon, but Braun also helped develop the German V-2 rocket which killed thousands of British and Belgian citizens during the war.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Alan Turing
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
President and CEO of I.B.M.
18th cousin 3 times removed
via Eleanor Plantagenet
William Henry Moore
Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco
20th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir James de Audley
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed
via Richard Fitzalan
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
20th cousin 1 time removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
16th cousin 2 times removed
via Richard Fitzalan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
14th cousin 7 times removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
14th cousin 4 times removed
via Richard Fitzalan
Glenn Close
Movie, Television, and Stage Actress
20th cousin 1 time removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 15 times removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
17th cousin 4 times removed
via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
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