Famous Kin of
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
Click on the names below to see their relationship charts
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 15 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
King Henry VIII
King of England
2nd cousin 17 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 9 times removed via John Alden
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 16 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 17 times removed via Sir John Clifford
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
4th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Tasker
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 10 times removed via Robert White
Millard Fillmore
13th U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Butler
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 6 times removed via William Pabodie
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 7 times removed via William Brewster
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Tasker
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Butler
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 4 times removed via Daniel Grinnell Jr.
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
6th cousin 5 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
6th cousin 5 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 5 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 6 times removed via William Wodell
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
6th cousin 6 times removed via John Alden
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 7 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
6th cousin 13 times removed via Thomas Clifford
Mizuo Peck
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Fosdick Jr.
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Tasker
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Tasker
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
7th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Tasker
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Butler
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Griffin Crafts
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Peter Gardner
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Turner
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Turner
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Pratt
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Butler
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Butler
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Pratt
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
8th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Fosdick
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Pabodie
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Pabodie
Margaret Hamilton
Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of OZ
8th cousin 3 times removed via Jared Spencer
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Pratt
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
8th cousin 3 times removed via Jared Spencer
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Nettleton
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
8th cousin 4 times removed via John Alden
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
8th cousin 6 times removed via Robert White
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8th cousin 6 times removed via Robert White
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Fairfax
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
8th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Howard
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Turner
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Jones
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Pratt
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
9th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Gardner
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
9th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
9th cousin 3 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
9th cousin 4 times removed via Joseph Loomis
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Clifford
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
10th cousin via Richard Butler
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
10th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Pabodie
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
10th cousin 2 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
10th cousin 2 times removed via Gerard Spencer
Dick Van Dyke
TV Actor - “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
10th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Nettleton
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
10th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
10th cousin 2 times removed via John Alden
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
10th cousin 4 times removed via Robert White
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 6 times removed via Guy Palmes of Lindley
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
10th cousin 8 times removed via John Clifford
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
James Madison
4th U.S. President
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
10th cousin 9 times removed via Thomas Clifford
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 10 times removed via Richard Woodville
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
10th cousin 11 times removed via John of Gaunt
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
11th cousin 1 time removed via Gerard Spencer
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 1 time removed via John Alden
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
11th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Sheffield
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
11th cousin 5 times removed via Guy Palmes of Lindley
Joan Fontaine
Movie Actress
11th cousin 5 times removed via Guy Palmes of Lindley
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
11th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard de Vere
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 9 times removed via Richard Woodville
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
12th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Sheffield
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
12th cousin 3 times removed via Isabel Girlington
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Mowbray
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 8 times removed via Joan Beaufort
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Hugh de Courtnay
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Hugh de Courtnay
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
13th cousin 1 time removed via Robert White
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
13th cousin 1 time removed via Robert White
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
13th cousin 1 time removed via Robert White
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
13th cousin 1 time removed via Robert White
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Fairfax
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Woodville
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Hugh de Courtnay
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Fairfax
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via George Stanley
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Hildyard
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Hildyard
Louis Auchincloss
Author
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Gascoigne of Gawthorpe
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John Howard
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Howard
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 2 times removed via George Stanley
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
15th cousin 3 times removed via John Clifford
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
15th cousin 3 times removed via John Clifford
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin 3 times removed via John Clifford
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Mowbray
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Hugh de Courtnay
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
15th cousin 6 times removed via John of Gaunt
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Hildyard
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Hildyard
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Howard
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
16th cousin 2 times removed via John Clifford
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
16th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Sergeaux
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
16th cousin 4 times removed via Henry FitzHugh
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
16th cousin 5 times removed via John of Gaunt
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
17th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Woodville
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
18th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Clifford
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
19th cousin 1 time removed via John de Mowbray
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