Robert I, King of France

33rd great-grandfather

Alfred the Great

King of the Anglo-Saxons

34th great-grandfather

Charlemagne

King of the Franks

36th great-grandfather

Increase Sumner

5th Governor of Massachusetts

3rd cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Williams

General Joseph Warren

Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill

3rd cousin 4 times removed via Robert Williams

William Williams

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

3rd cousin 4 times removed via Robert Williams

Samuel Pierpont Langley

Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer

4th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Williams

Louisa May Alcott

Author of Little Women

4th cousin 1 time removed via John Gore Jr.

John Adams

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

4th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Gardner

Charles Dawes

30th U.S. Vice-President

5th cousin 1 time removed via John Gore Jr.

John Quincy Adams

6th U.S. President

5th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Gardner

Bill Weld

68th Governor of Massachusetts

5th cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Williams

Robert Catesby

Leader of Gunpowder Plot

5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton

General George B. McClellan

Union Army - U.S. Civil War

6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams

James Youngs Smith

29th Governor of Rhode Island

6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Gardner

Thomas Waldo Story

English/American Sculptor

6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Williams

Nelson Rockefeller

41st U.S. Vice-President

6th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Williams

Linda Hunt

TV and Movie Actress

6th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Williams

Edwin D. Morgan

21st Governor of New York

6th cousin 2 times removed via John Thompson

Ellen DeGeneres

Comedienne and TV Personality

6th cousin 5 times removed via Peter Gardner

Sir Robert Laird Borden

8th Prime Minister of Canada

7th cousin via Thomas Gardner

Wilbur Wright

Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer

7th cousin via Robert Williams

Orville Wright

Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer

7th cousin via Robert Williams

Francis Edward Hinckley

Co-Founder of the University of Chicago

7th cousin via Robert Williams

James Sherman

27th U.S. Vice-President

7th cousin via Robert Williams

L. Frank Baum

Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

7th cousin 1 time removed via John Thompson

Grace Slick

Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane

7th cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Wise

Philip Danforth Armour

Founder of Armour & Company

7th cousin 1 time removed via John Thompson

Alfred Fuller

Founder of the Fuller Brush Co.

7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Gardner

Admiral George Dewey

Admiral of the Navy

7th cousin 1 time removed via John Thompson