Ancestry of
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald?
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in New Orleans, Lousiana on October 18, 1939 to Robert Edward Lee and Marguerite Frances (Claverie) Oswald.
He served as a U.S. Marine radar operator before defecting to the Soviet Union in 1959. By 1962, Oswald had reportedly had enough of the Soviet Union and returned to the United States. He brought with him his Soviet wife Marina and their infant daughter.
On October 16, 1963 Oswald started a new job at the Texas School Book Depository. It was from this location just over a month later on November 22 that Lee Harvey Oswald shot and assassinated President John F. Kennedy.
Lee Harvey Oswald's ancestry includes famous as well as infamous kin that includes the notorious Lizzie Borden. Lizzie was widely believed to have participated in the murder of her father and step-mother although she was later acquitted of the charge.
Some of Oswald's more prestigious kin include President James Madison, President Theodore Roosevelt, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Confederate Major General J.E.B. Stuart. He is also related to royalty and is a direct descendant of both Charlemagne and Alfred the Great.
Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Lee Harvey Oswald
Edward Douglass White, Jr.
9th U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice
7th cousin 3 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
8th cousin 2 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Edward Norton
Movie Actor
10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
6th cousin 4 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 6 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
8th cousin 2 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
4th cousin 6 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
4th cousin 3 times removed
via William Pannill of Richmond Co., Virginia
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
10th cousin 1 time removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 5 times removed
via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
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