Famous Kin of
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
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Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 13 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 14 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 15 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 14 times removed via John de Welles
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 14 times removed via John de Mowbray
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Grindall
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
6th cousin 10 times removed via Thomas Clifford
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Danforth
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Grindall
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 11 times removed via John de Welles
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Wilson
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
9th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Danforth
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Grindall
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
9th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Clifford
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 11 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
10th cousin via Rev. William Wilson
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Wilson
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Wilson
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. William Wilson
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
10th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
10th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
10th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
10th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
10th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. William Wilson
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
10th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Clifford
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 9 times removed via John of Gaunt
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 9 times removed via John of Gaunt
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
10th cousin 11 times removed via John V le Strange
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John de Greystoke
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Madison
4th U.S. President
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 9 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Grindall
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Eure
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Constable
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John de Greystoke
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
13th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Clifford
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
13th cousin 6 times removed via John de Mowbray
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via John V le Strange
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
14th cousin via Henry Clifford
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Clifford
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Constable
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Joan Fontaine
Movie Actress
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John de Greystoke
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
14th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Clifford
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
14th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Hastings
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Hastings
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Hastings
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
15th cousin 3 times removed via John Clifford
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 4 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
16th cousin via Sir Lionel de Welles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
16th cousin via Sir Lionel de Welles
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John de Greystoke
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
16th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Hastings
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
16th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Clifford
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
16th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
16th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
16th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
John Brown
American Abolitionist
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
16th cousin 3 times removed via Eleanor Fitzhugh
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
16th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
16th cousin 5 times removed via John V le Strange
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
17th cousin via Thomas Morley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Willoughby
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
17th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
17th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Morley
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
17th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Willoughby
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
17th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Humphrey Bogart
Movie Actor
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
18th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
18th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
18th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
18th cousin 3 times removed via William de Odingsells
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
18th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
19th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
19th cousin via John de Mowbray
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
19th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
19th cousin via Edmund FitzAlan
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
19th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James de Audley
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
20th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
20th cousin 1 time removed via William de Odingsells
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir James de Audley
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
20th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet