Famous Kin of
George Washington
1st U.S. President
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General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
1st cousin 6 times removed via Lawrence Washington
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
2nd cousin 7 times removed via Col. Augustine Warner Jr
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
2nd cousin 9 times removed via Col. Augustine Warner Jr
Prince George
Prince of Cambridge
2nd cousin 10 times removed via Col. Augustine Warner Jr
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin via Col. George Reade
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Augustine Warner
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
4th cousin 5 times removed via Laurence Townley
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
4th cousin 6 times removed via Laurence Townley
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
4th cousin 7 times removed via Laurence Townley
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 8 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Reynold de Grey
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
6th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard Windebank
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard Windebank
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
7th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
7th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Spencer
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
8th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
8th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
8th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
8th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
8th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
8th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
8th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Spencer
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
8th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
John Brown
American Abolitionist
8th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
8th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
8th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
Herbert Hoover
31st U.S. President
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Edmund Sutton
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
9th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
L. Frank Baum
Author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Philip Danforth Armour
Founder of Armour & Company
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
George Gallup
Inventor of the Gallup Poll
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
9th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
9th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
9th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
9th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Lee Remick
Movie Actress
9th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Alec Baldwin
Television and Movie Actor
9th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Britney Spears
Singer, Entertainer
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Oliver Platt
Movie Actor
9th cousin 8 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
10th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Spencer
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 3 times removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
10th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Sherburne
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
10th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Spencer
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Spencer
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
10th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Sherburne
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Ralph de Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
11th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Neville
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
11th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
11th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Neville
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
11th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
11th cousin 6 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
12th cousin via Sir Nicholas Harington
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
12th cousin via John of Gaunt
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
12th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Plumpton
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
12th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
12th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 4 times removed via Roger de Somery
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
12th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
12th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
12th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Mowbray
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
12th cousin 7 times removed via John de Welles
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
12th cousin 7 times removed via John of Gaunt
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
12th cousin 8 times removed via John of Gaunt
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
12th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
13th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
13th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
13th cousin 5 times removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
13th cousin 5 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
13th cousin 6 times removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
13th cousin 6 times removed via Margery de Badlesmere
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
14th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
14th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Vincent Price
Movie Actor
14th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth de Badlesmere
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin via Edward I, King of England
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
15th cousin 1 time removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
15th cousin 6 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 6 times removed via Isabella de Beauchamp
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert de Clare
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
16th cousin 2 times removed via Roger de Somery
Ellen Louise (Axon) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
16th cousin 4 times removed via Roger de Somery
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Ros
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
17th cousin 1 time removed via Gilbert de Clare
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers