Family Relationship of

Thomas Pynchon

American Novelist

10th cousin 1 time removed to

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Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

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William Chaplin

Martha Chaplin

Dorothy Chaplin

Thomas Parke

Dorcas Plumb

Dorothy Parke

Benjamin Lyman

Dorothy Morgan

Medad Lyman

Elizabeth Witter

Martha Lyman

William Joseph Whiting

Simon Brewster

Anne Andrus

Martha Whiting

Henry Collins Flagg

Mercy Brewster

Col. William Cogswell

Rachel Moore Flagg

Abraham Evan Gwynne

Dr. William Henry Cogswell

Lucretia Anne Payne

Alice Claypoole Gwynne

Cornelius Vanderbilt

Annie Payne Cogswell

William Lyon Pynchon

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt

Gloria Maria Mercedes Morgan

William Henry Chichele Pynchon

Carrie Susan Moyses

Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt

Wyatt Emory Cooper

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon

Catherine Frances Bennett

Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

Thomas Pynchon

Novelist

Anderson Cooper photo by Tulane Public Relations ( CC BY 2.0)