Famous Kin of
Melvyn Douglas
Movie Actor
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Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Sir Philip Wentworth
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 12 times removed via James Butler
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
3rd cousin 14 times removed via Agnes Crophull
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
4th cousin 2 times removed via William Douglas Jr.
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 2 times removed via John B. Denison
King Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 12 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
5th cousin 1 time removed via Caleb Abell
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Denison
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
5th cousin 3 times removed via George Denison
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
5th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Roger Corbet
King Henry VIII
King of England
5th cousin 13 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 13 times removed via John de Mowbray
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 1 time removed via George Denison
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
6th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
6th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Abell
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
6th cousin 1 time removed via George Denison
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
6th cousin 3 times removed via John B. Denison
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Hough
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Hyde
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Denison
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
7th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Brewster
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Abell
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Hough
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
7th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
7th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
7th cousin 3 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
7th cousin 3 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Mizuo Peck
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 3 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
7th cousin 4 times removed via George Denison
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
7th cousin 4 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
7th cousin 4 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
7th cousin 4 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
7th cousin 4 times removed via Jonathan Brewster
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger Wentworth
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Hyde
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
8th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Post
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen Post
Merrill C. Meigs
Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Brewster
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Hyde
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Denison
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Brewster
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Brewster
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Denison
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
8th cousin 5 times removed via William Brewster
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
8th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Philip Wentworth
George Washington
1st U.S. President
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
9th cousin 4 times removed via William Mainwaring
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 4 times removed via William Mainwaring
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
9th cousin 8 times removed via Robert de Ferrers
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 9 times removed via Sir William de Ros
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
11th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 4 times removed via James Butler
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 7 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Clifford
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 5 times removed via John de Welles
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
13th cousin via Sir Henry Vernon
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Piers Hildyard
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Vernon
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Piers Hildyard
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Piers Hildyard
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
13th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 1 time removed via William Mainwaring
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Christopher Reeve
Movie Actor
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard Corbet
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
13th cousin 2 times removed via William Mainwaring
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
13th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
13th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
13th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Harry Chapin
Singer and Songwriter
13th cousin 3 times removed via William Mainwaring
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Corbet
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
13th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 5 times removed via John de Mowbray
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Sutton VI
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin via Sir Piers Hildyard
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Hildyard
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Piers Hildyard
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Constable
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Berkeley of Beverstone, Gloucestershire, England
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
14th cousin 4 times removed via John de Mowbray
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
15th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
15th cousin via Sir Roger Wentworth
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
15th cousin via James Butler
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin via James Butler
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
15th cousin via Sir Walter Blount
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
15th cousin via Sir Robert Hildyard
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Devereux
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Devereux
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
15th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
15th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Jordan Peele
TV and Movie Actor
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Britney Spears
Singer, Entertainer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Henry de Grey
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
16th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Ferrers
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
16th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
16th cousin 3 times removed via Humphrey de Bohun
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin via John de Welles
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
17th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Raquel Welch
Movie Actress
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
17th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
17th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
17th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Michael de la Pole
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
17th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Roger de Grey
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
17th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
18th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Bohun
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
18th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
18th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Cantilupe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
19th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
John Brown
American Abolitionist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Ros
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Richard de Burgh
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
20th cousin via Sir Robert de Ros
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
20th cousin via Sir Roger de Somery
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
21st cousin via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers