Famous Kin of
Tom Selleck

TV and Movie Actor

Click on the names below to see their relationship charts

Exclude: Great Migration Magna Carta Royalty

Robert Potter

(c1609 - c1656)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634

9th great-grandfather

Robert Coles

(c1605 - 1655)
Great Migration Immigrant 1630

11th great-grandfather

Gov. John Winthrop

Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

12th great-granduncle
via Adam Winthrop III

Sir George Downing

Namesake of Downing Street in London

1st cousin 13 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

William Hoskins

(c1611 - 1695)
Great Migration Immigrant 1634

2nd cousin 13 times removed
via Adam Winthrop Jr.

Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene

American Revolution

3rd cousin 7 times removed
via Robert Potter

John Alsop King

20th Governor of New York

4th cousin 7 times removed
via John Underhill

Hamilton Fish

26th U.S. Secretary of State

4th cousin 7 times removed
via John Underhill

Clement Clarke Moore

Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

4th cousin 8 times removed
via Elizabeth Fones

Abigail (Smith) Adams

First Lady of President John Adams

5th cousin 9 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

John Quincy Adams

6th U.S. President

6th cousin 8 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

Gloria Vanderbilt

Fashion Designer

7th cousin 3 times removed
via John Wright

Admiral William Halsey

U.S. Navy - World War II

7th cousin 4 times removed
via John Underhill

Anderson Cooper

Television Journalist

8th cousin 2 times removed
via John Wright

Amelia Earhart

Aviation Pioneer

8th cousin 3 times removed
via John Underhill

Jane Wyatt

TV and Movie Actress

8th cousin 3 times removed
via John Underhill

John Kerry

68th U.S. Secretary of State

9th cousin 2 times removed
via John Underhill

David Crosby

Singer and Songwriter

9th cousin 2 times removed
via John Underhill

John Paul Stevens

U.S. Supreme Court Justice

9th cousin 3 times removed
via Robert Feake

T. S. Eliot

Poet and Playwright

9th cousin 5 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

Dr. H. H. Holmes

Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”

10th cousin 4 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

Louis Auchincloss

Author

10th cousin 4 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

James B. Conant

President of Harvard University

10th cousin 5 times removed
via Adam Winthrop Jr.

Horatio Alger

Author

10th cousin 5 times removed
via Adam Winthrop Jr.

Bill Gates

Founder of Microsoft

11th cousin 1 time removed
via Elizabeth Fones

Alan Shepard

Mercury and Apollo Astronaut

11th cousin 3 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

John Adams Morgan

1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist

11th cousin 3 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

Christopher Reeve

Movie Actor

12th cousin 2 times removed
via Adam Winthrop III

Charlie Munger

Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway

12th cousin 3 times removed
via Adam Winthrop Jr.

Lucia Chase

Co-Founder, American Ballet Theatre

12th cousin 3 times removed
via Adam Winthrop Jr.

Tom Selleck photo by Alan Light (CC BY 2.0)