Famous Kin of
Kurt Cobain

Singer and Songwriter

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William Spooner

(unk - 1683)
Great Migration Immigrant 1637

11th great-grandfather

John Alden

(c1599 - 1687)
Mayflower passenger 1620

12th great-grandfather

Richard Warren

(c1578 - 1628)
Mayflower passenger 1620

12th great-grandfather

Thomas Rogers

(c1571 - 1620/2)
Mayflower passenger 1620

12th great-grandfather

Capt. John Alden

Accused of Witchcraft, Salem 1692

11th great-granduncle
via John Alden

John Trumbull

American Painter

3rd cousin 9 times removed
via William Pabodie

Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.

20th Governor of Connecticut

3rd cousin 9 times removed
via William Pabodie

John Adams

2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence

3rd cousin 10 times removed
via John Alden

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Abby (Gray) Borden

Murdered Step-Mother of Lizzie Borden

4th cousin 6 times removed
via Nathaniel Searle

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Shanghai Pierce

Texas Cattleman

4th cousin 6 times removed
via Nathaniel Searle

Gen. Joseph Gardner Swift

First Graduate of West Point Military Academy

4th cousin 8 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

John Quincy Adams

6th U.S. President

4th cousin 9 times removed
via John Alden

Deborah Samson

Female Revolutionary War Veteran

4th cousin 9 times removed
via John Alden

Mark Hopkins, Jr.

Co-founder, Central Pacific R.R.

5th cousin 6 times removed
via John Rogers Jr.

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American “Fireside” Poet

5th cousin 7 times removed
via William Pabodie

Ulysses S. Grant

18th U.S. President

5th cousin 7 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

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Henry Crapo

14th Governor of Michigan

5th cousin 7 times removed
via William Spooner

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Henry P. Baldwin

15th Governor of Michigan

5th cousin 7 times removed
via William Pabodie

William A. Buckingham

41st Governor of Connecticut

5th cousin 7 times removed
via William Pabodie

William Cullen Bryant

American “Fireside” Poet

5th cousin 8 times removed
via John Alden

Samuel J. Tilden

25th Governor of New York

5th cousin 8 times removed
via Richard Warren

John Torrey

Co-founder, NY Academy of Science

5th cousin 8 times removed
via John Alden

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Charles Evans Hughes

36th Governor of New York

6th cousin 5 times removed
via John Blackwell

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Robert F. Bradford

57th Governor of Massachusetts

6th cousin 5 times removed
via John Rogers Jr.

Daniel Burnham

World's Columbian Expo Architect

6th cousin 5 times removed
via John Rogers Jr.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

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Frank Nelson Doubleday

Founder of Doubleday & Co.

6th cousin 6 times removed
via William Pabodie

William Rufus Day

36th U.S. Secretary of State

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

Lavinia Warren

Dwarf Circus Performer

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

Henry Huttleston Rogers

Oil Tycoon

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

Kurt Cobain photo by pinkbelt (CC BY-SA 2.0)