Famous Kin of
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
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Samuel F. B. Morse
Painter and Co-Inventor of Morse Code
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Jonathan Peake Jr.
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
3rd cousin 5 times removed via William French
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 12 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Sir Benjamin Thompson
Physicist and Inventor, aka Count Rumford
4th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Green Sr.
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 12 times removed via Sir John Howard
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 12 times removed via Sir John Howard
Charles Goodyear
Inventor, and namesake of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
5th cousin 3 times removed via William French
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Hills
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Reyner
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Martin
Edwin Bryant
California Expedition Journalist
6th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Green Sr.
King Henry VIII
King of England
6th cousin 15 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Morris
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Johnson
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 14 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin via William Caulfield
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
8th cousin via Rev. John Reyner
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via William French
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Sprague
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
8th cousin 1 time removed via French
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Johnson
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Johnson
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Johnson
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Johnson
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via William French
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Caulfield
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 2 times removed via William French
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Reyner
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Caulfield
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Sprague
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Johnson
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Johnson
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
9th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Sprague
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Fray
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Fray
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Howard
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
9th cousin 9 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Miles Stapleton
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Fray
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William la Zouche
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Drury
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Fray
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 8 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Fray
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Fray
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 6 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
12th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Waldegrave
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Waldegrave
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Waldegrave
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Waldegrave
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Waldegrave
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Drury
George Washington
1st U.S. President
13th cousin 5 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
13th cousin 5 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
13th cousin 5 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
13th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
13th cousin 7 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
14th cousin 4 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
14th cousin 4 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 5 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
14th cousin 6 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Fray
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
15th cousin 3 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 4 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
15th cousin 5 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin via Sir John Howard
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin via Sir John Howard
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
16th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
16th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
16th cousin 3 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
17th cousin 1 time removed via Michael de la Pole
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
17th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Clare
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Clare
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
17th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
17th cousin 3 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
17th cousin 3 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
17th cousin 4 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
18th cousin via Sir John Howard
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin via Hugh de Stafford
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
18th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
18th cousin 1 time removed via Hugh de Stafford
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
18th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
18th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
18th cousin 2 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
18th cousin 2 times removed via Beatrice de Beauchamp
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Andrew Shue
TV Actor
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
19th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
19th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
19th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
19th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
19th cousin via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
19th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
19th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Vincent Price
Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Hugh I de Audley
Oliver Platt
Movie Actor
19th cousin 2 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
20th cousin via Sir Hugh le Despencer
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
20th cousin via Isabella de Beauchamp
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
20th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
21st cousin via Sir William de Cantilupe