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Tilda Swinton

Ancestry of
Tilda Swinton

Movie Actress


Who is Tilda Swinton?

Tilda Swinton is a British actress who has performed in over 70 films. She has been nominated for numerous awards including an Academy Award, BAFTA Awards, European Film Awards, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Saturn Awards, and others. Among the awards that she won are a European Film Award for Best Actress (2011 – We Need to Talk About Kevin), two BAFTA Awards for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (2007 - Michael Clayton) and Best Actress in a Leading Role (2003 - Young Adam), and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (2007 - Michael Clayton).

Famous Kin

Tilda Swinton’s ancestry is loaded with royalty. She’s a direct descendant of King Edward I and has family connections to King Henry VIII and at least four of his wives. She also has ties to the current royal family through the late Princess Diana, the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles. Her U.S. Presidential kin include George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, and both Presidents Bush.

Fellow celebrities that are found in Tilda Swinton’s family tree include Guy Ritchie, Hugh Grant, Johnny Mercer, Ted Danson, Ann Baxter, Paget Brewster, Joanne Woodward, Tennessee Williams, Walt Disney, Katharine Hepburn, and numerous others.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Tilda Swinton

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Michael Lookinland

TV Actor

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Katherine Pabenham

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Michael Lookinland

TV Actor

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir Thomas Mowbray

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

21st cousin
via Isabella de Beauchamp

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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

21st cousin
via Sir Gilbert de Clare

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de la Pole

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Bob Moore

Co-Founder, Bob's Red Mill

17th cousin
via Sir John Howard

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Katherine Roet

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

18th cousin 1 time removed
via John of Gaunt

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Ralph de Stafford

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

21st cousin
via Sir Hugh I de Audley

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Elizabeth Fitzalan

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

17th cousin 1 time removed
via Katherine Pabenham

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Parker Stevenson

TV and Movie Actor

20th cousin 1 time removed
via Sir Ralph Basset

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DuBose Heyward

Author of Porgy (Porgy & Bess)

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Ralph de Stafford

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Humphrey Bogart

Movie Actor

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Henry Plantagenet

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Humphrey Bogart

Movie Actor

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Edmund Fitzalan

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Paul Giamatti

TV and Movie Actor

19th cousin
via Richard Fitzalan

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A. Bartlett Giamatti

Major League Baseball Commissioner

18th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Fitzalan

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George Herbert

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

19th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John Howard

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir William de Ros

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William Henry Moore

Co-Founder, U.S. Steel and Nabisco

17th cousin 2 times removed
via Sir John Howard

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

19th cousin 1 time removed
via Katherine Roet

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Ali Wentworth

TV Actress and Comedienne

18th cousin 1 time removed
via John of Gaunt

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Tilda Swinton photo by Nicolas Genin (CC BY-SA 2.0)