Famous Kin of
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
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William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 6 times removed via Christopher Almy
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 12 times removed via Sir John Fogge
Lewis Morris
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via William Morris
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 13 times removed via Richard Woodville
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
4th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Cornell
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 5 times removed via William Almy
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
4th cousin 7 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 7 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 12 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 12 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 12 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Cornell
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Cornell
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 6 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Elvis Presley
Singer, Songwriter and Movie Actor
6th cousin 1 time removed via Andreas "Andrew" Preslar
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Almy
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Cornell
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
6th cousin 5 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
6th cousin 5 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
7th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Briggs
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
7th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Briggs
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Fray
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 1 time removed via Christopher Almy
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Almy
Barack Obama
44th U.S. President
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Terrell Jr.
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Briggs
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 1 time removed via William Almy
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Cornell
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Almy
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
10th cousin via Henry Briggs
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
10th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Briggs
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 8 times removed via John of Gaunt
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 8 times removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 8 times removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
10th cousin 11 times removed via John de Botetourte
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
11th cousin via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Edward Norton
Movie Actor
11th cousin via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
George Washington
1st U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 7 times removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 7 times removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 8 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 6 times removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 8 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
13th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 8 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
14th cousin via John Greville
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Neville
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Neville
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 4 times removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 4 times removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Bourchier
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Bourchier
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Poyntz
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Fray
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 3 times removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin via Katherine Pabenham
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Bourchier
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
16th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Bourchier
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
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
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 5 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
17th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
17th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
17th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
17th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
17th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Poyntz
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
17th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
18th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de Swinnerton
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
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Maud de Swinnerton
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
18th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
19th cousin via Sir Henry de Percy
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
19th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
19th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
19th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
20th cousin 1 time removed via John de Botetourte