Famous Kin of
Raquel Welch
Movie Actress
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John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 6 times removed via Joseph Adams Jr.
Josiah Bartlett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 7 times removed via Richard Bartlett III
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Joseph Adams Jr.
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 13 times removed via Sir John Fogge
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed via William Almy
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 14 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
4th cousin 4 times removed via Abraham Morton
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
4th cousin 5 times removed via Nathaniel Stone
Franklin Pierce
14th U.S. President
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Emery Jr.
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
4th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Richardson Jr.
Brigham Young
2nd President of the Mormon Church
4th cousin 5 times removed via John Hayden
Sir Benjamin Thompson
Physicist and Inventor, aka Count Rumford
4th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Green Sr.
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 6 times removed via William Almy
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 6 times removed via Judith Greenleaf
Elbridge Gerry
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 7 times removed via Edmund Greenleaf
Lucretia (Coffin) Mott
Abolitionist and Women's Rights Advocate
4th cousin 7 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
5th cousin 3 times removed via Abraham Morton
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
5th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Doty
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
5th cousin 4 times removed via John Greene Jr.
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
5th cousin 4 times removed via Benjamin Wait
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 4 times removed via William Torrey
Johnny Appleseed
aka John Chapman
5th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Green Sr.
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Bigelow
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 5 times removed via Sarah Heath
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
5th cousin 5 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
5th cousin 6 times removed via John Warren
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Adams
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 3 times removed via Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via William Torrey
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Alden
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Cornet Robert Stetson
Elias Howe
Inventor, Lockstitch Sewing Machine
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Richardson Jr.
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Leonard
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Bigelow
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin 4 times removed via Christian Penn
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
6th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Holbrook
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
6th cousin 5 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
6th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
6th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund Greenleaf
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
6th cousin 6 times removed via Peter Coffin
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
7th cousin via Joseph Adams Jr.
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Bass
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Emery Jr.
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
7th cousin 2 times removed via Hugh Clark
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
7th cousin 3 times removed via Tristam Coffin Jr.
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
7th cousin 3 times removed via Tristam Coffin Jr.
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Bigelow
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Leonard
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
7th cousin 3 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 3 times removed via Martyn Kellogg
Charles Curtis
31st U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Leonard
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Emery
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
7th cousin 4 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Fray
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Greene Jr.
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Emery Jr.
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 1 time removed via Ephraim Pray
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Bigelow
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Green Sr.
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Almy
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Morse
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Leonard
Francis Harrington Glidden
Co-Founder of Glidden Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Squire
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
8th cousin 2 times removed via Ezekiel Worthen
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
8th cousin 3 times removed via Tristam Coffin
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
8th cousin 3 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin via Samuel Bass
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
9th cousin via Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Richardson Jr.
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
9th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Thayer
Dick Van Dyke
TV Actor - “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Alden
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
9th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Doty
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Squire
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
9th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Morse
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Emery Jr.
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 1 time removed via Christian Penn
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Leonard
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Richardson Jr.
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Alden
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Alden
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Alden
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Alden
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 2 times removed via Tristam Coffin
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
9th cousin 3 times removed via John Tayer
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
9th cousin 3 times removed via John Blake
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
9th cousin 3 times removed via John Alden
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
9th cousin 3 times removed via John Blake
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
9th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Bass
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Fiske
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
10th cousin via Thomas Green Sr.
Nathaniel Philbrick
Author of In the Heart of the Sea
10th cousin via Tristam Coffin Jr.
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
10th cousin 1 time removed via Martyn Kellogg
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
10th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Hills
Donnie Wahlberg
Singer and Movie Actor
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Green Sr.
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Richardson
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
10th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Fiske
Kevin Love
NBA All-Star Player
10th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Richardson
George Washington
1st U.S. President
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
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
Britney Spears
Singer, Entertainer
11th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Waite of Wethersfield, Essex, England
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
11th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Humphrey Stafford
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 8 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Fiske
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
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
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
13th cousin via William Grindall
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
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
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
14th cousin 1 time removed via John Grey
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
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
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Percy
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Grey
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Grey
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
15th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Edward I, King of England
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Alan la Zouche
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
16th cousin via Sir Humphrey Stafford
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
16th cousin via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Percy
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
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 Grey
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Percy
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
16th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
16th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
16th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
16th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
17th cousin via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Katherine Pabenham
Melvyn Douglas
Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
17th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
17th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 3 times removed via William de Montagu
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
18th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
18th cousin 2 times removed via Henry de Beaumont
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
18th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
18th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
18th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
19th cousin via Sir Henry de Percy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
19th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Roos
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
19th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
19th cousin 2 times removed via Robert de Ros
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry de Percy
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
20th cousin via Sir William de Boteler
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
20th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
Raquel Welch photo by Alan Light (CC BY 2.0)
