Famous Kin of
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
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Gov. John Winthrop
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1st cousin 13 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
1st cousin 16 times removed via Sir William Parr
Sir George Downing
Namesake of Downing Street in London
2nd cousin 12 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 16 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
5th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William Cavendish
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
5th cousin 2 times removed via John Russell
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
5th cousin 6 times removed via Sir William Seymour
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
5th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Edward Clinton (or Fiennes)
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 9 times removed via Francis Bernard
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 9 times removed via Francis Bernard
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 9 times removed via Francis Bernard
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir William Waldegrave
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Chaloner
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
6th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edward Clinton (or Fiennes)
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
6th cousin 8 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
6th cousin 8 times removed via Francis Bernard
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 9 times removed via Sir John Seymour
George Washington
1st U.S. President
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard Windebank
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Richard Windebank
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
6th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Oliver St. John
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
7th cousin 7 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 7 times removed via Francis Bernard
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
7th cousin 7 times removed via Sir John St. John
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
7th cousin 7 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
7th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Richard Windebank
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
7th cousin 11 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Caulfield
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
8th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
8th cousin 6 times removed via Francis Bernard
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
8th cousin 6 times removed via Francis Bernard
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
8th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Grey
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
8th cousin 7 times removed via Thomas Grey
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
8th cousin 8 times removed via James Hamilton
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
8th cousin 9 times removed via John Andrews
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William Dennis
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
9th cousin 5 times removed via Francis Bernard
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
9th cousin 5 times removed via Francis Bernard
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
9th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Grey
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
9th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Grey
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William Boleyn
Patrick Henry
“Give me liberty, or give me death!”
9th cousin 7 times removed via James II, King of Scotland
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
9th cousin 8 times removed via Henry Clifford
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 8 times removed via John Aston
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Francis Knollys
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 3 times removed via James V, King of Scotland
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Grey
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Sulliard
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Edward Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Philip Courtenay
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
11th cousin 2 times removed via Anthony Browne
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Cavendish
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
11th cousin 3 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
11th cousin 3 times removed via Francis Bernard
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
11th cousin 3 times removed via James Hamilton
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John St. John
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Lygon
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
11th cousin 3 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
11th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Grey
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John St. John
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Henry Vernon
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
11th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Grey
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
11th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Grey
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Digby
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir George Neville
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Edward Neville
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 8 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
12th cousin 1 time removed via James V, King of Scotland
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Francis Knollys
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
12th cousin 1 time removed via James V, King of Scotland
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Feilding
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
12th cousin 2 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
12th cousin 2 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
12th cousin 2 times removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John St. John
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Eure
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry Vernon
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Eure
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry Vernon
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry Vernon
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Digby
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
12th cousin 5 times removed via Margaret Stanley
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
12th cousin 5 times removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 5 times removed via John Aston
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Howard
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
12th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Philip Courtenay
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 7 times removed via Agnes Crophull
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 8 times removed via James Butler
Robert Frost
Poet and Playwright
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Dennis
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Lygon
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
13th cousin 1 time removed via James Hamilton
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
13th cousin 1 time removed via Adam Winthrop Jr.
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard Lygon
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Francis Knollys
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edward Aston
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
13th cousin 3 times removed via George Neville
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas West
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William FitzHugh
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Digby
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
13th cousin 4 times removed via Joan Beaufort
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
13th cousin 6 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Nicholas Poyntz
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 8 times removed via Michael de la Pole
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
14th cousin via Sir Richard Lygon
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edward Aston
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Dennis
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edward Aston
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Vernon
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Vernon
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
14th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Tilney
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Howard
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir George Neville
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Nicholas Poyntz
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Nicholas Poyntz
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Boleyn
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
15th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Grey
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Knyvet
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip Wentworth
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Hastings
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William Boleyn
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
16th cousin 1 time removed via William Cotton of Lanwade
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Philip Courtenay
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
16th cousin 3 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
17th cousin via Sir Philip Wentworth
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Howard
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
17th cousin 1 time removed via James Touchet
James Spader
TV and Movie Actor
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Philip Courtenay
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
17th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Cokayne
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Poyntz
Dave Cowens
NBA Hall of Famer
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Howard
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
17th cousin 4 times removed via Michael de la Pole
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Aaron Rodgers
Quarterback for the Green Bay Packers
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Nicholas Poyntz
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Howard
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Holland
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