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
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Col. Augustine Warner Jr
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 Harry
Duke of Sussex
2nd cousin 9 times removed via Col. Augustine Warner Jr
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin via Col. George Reade
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Augustine Warner
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Augustine Warner
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Augustine Warner
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
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 Sir Ralph Neville
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
4th cousin 7 times removed via Laurence Townley
King Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 8 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
4th cousin 8 times removed via Lawrence Washington
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 John de Mowbray
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
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
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Spencer
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
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 William Spencer
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
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
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
Louis Auchincloss
Author
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
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
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Talboys
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
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
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
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
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Percy
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
9th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Percy
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
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
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
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Roos
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Humphrey Bogart
Movie Actor
9th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
9th cousin 5 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
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
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
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Tuesday Weld
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
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
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
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
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
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
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
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
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
9th cousin 8 times removed via Richard Coles of Preston Capes, Northamptonshire
Treat Williams
TV & Movie Actor
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas de Holand
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
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
10th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Spencer
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 3 times removed via Hugh de Stafford
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
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
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
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin via Sir Ralph Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph 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 Sir Ralph Neville
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
11th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Holand
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Holand
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Reynold Grey
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
11th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas de Holand
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas de Holand
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas de Holand
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
12th cousin via Sir Nicholas Harington
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
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
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
12th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
12th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Nicholas Harington
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
12th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
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
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
12th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
12th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
12th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
12th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
12th cousin 5 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
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 Richard FitzAlan
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
12th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
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
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
12th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
12th cousin 9 times removed via John de Welles
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
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
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 Hugh de Stafford
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
13th cousin 5 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
13th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
13th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 1 time removed via Edward I, King of England
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
14th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
14th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Bette Davis
Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William de Boteler
Jake Gyllenhaal
Movie Actor
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
14th cousin 6 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
14th cousin 7 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
15th cousin 1 time removed via William de Odingsells
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 1 time removed via William de Odingsells
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert de Ros
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
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
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 Sir Roger de Somery
John Brown
American Abolitionist
16th cousin 2 times removed via William de Odingsells
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
16th cousin 3 times removed via William de Odingsells
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
17th cousin 1 time removed via Saher I de Quincy
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
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
18th cousin 3 times removed via Saher I de Quincy
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Author of The Scarlet Letter
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Fitzrobert