Famous Kin of
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
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Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1st cousin 9 times removed via Benjamin Wellington
William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
1st cousin 12 times removed via Rev. Thomas Stoughton
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
2nd cousin 7 times removed via John Fay Jr.
Edmund Sears
Boston Tea Party Participant
2nd cousin 8 times removed via Richard Sears
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
2nd cousin 8 times removed via John Greene Jr.
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
2nd cousin 9 times removed via John Chipman
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Sir John Fogge
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
3rd cousin 6 times removed via John Fay Jr.
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Edward Bulkeley
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 6 times removed via Edward Bulkeley
Nathaniel Gorham
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Gorham
John Adams
2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 8 times removed via Henry Adams
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
3rd cousin 8 times removed via William Arnold
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 8 times removed via William Almy
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Strong
Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene
American Revolution
3rd cousin 8 times removed via John Greene
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 15 times removed via Richard Woodville
Nelson Eddy
Movie Actor and Singer
4th cousin 2 times removed via Nathan Salisbury
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
4th cousin 3 times removed via Ebenezer Hawes
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via Stephen Samson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Joseph Emerson
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
4th cousin 5 times removed via Joseph Smith
Ezra Cornell
Co-Founder of Cornell University,
Founder of Western Union
4th cousin 6 times removed via Ephraim Pierce
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
4th cousin 6 times removed via John Greene Jr.
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 7 times removed via George Jones of Dinder, Somerset
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 7 times removed via William Almy
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 7 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
Led Black Ships Expedition to Japan
4th cousin 8 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Stephen Hopkins
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 8 times removed via Nicholas Arnold
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 8 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Oliver Hazard Perry
Hero of Lake Erie during the War of 1812
4th cousin 8 times removed via Edmund Freeman
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
4th cousin 10 times removed via Nicholas Brome
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 14 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 14 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 14 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Buffalo Bill
Buffalo Hunter, Pony Express Rider and Showman
5th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Joseph Emerson
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
5th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Hayward
Franklin Pierce
14th U.S. President
5th cousin 5 times removed via Isaac Morrill
Gail Borden III
Inventor of Condensed Milk, Founder of the Borden Company
5th cousin 5 times removed via Zachariah Rhodes
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
5th cousin 5 times removed via Stephen Skeffe
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Greene Jr.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 5 times removed via Sarah Heath
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Gorham
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
5th cousin 6 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
5th cousin 6 times removed via John Strong
Charles Lewis Tiffany
Co-Founder of Tiffany & Co.
5th cousin 6 times removed via Thomas Wight
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
5th cousin 6 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 6 times removed via Simon Sackett
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 6 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
William Sprague
14th Governor of Rhode Island
5th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Waterman
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 6 times removed via John Chipman
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 7 times removed via Edward Gilman
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
5th cousin 8 times removed via William Brewster
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
6th cousin 1 time removed via Moses Thayer
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Hawes
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Bingham
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Backus
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Post
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Leonard
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
6th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Sears
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Backus
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
6th cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Peter Bulkeley
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
6th cousin 4 times removed via Ephraim Pierce
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 5 times removed via John Greene
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
6th cousin 5 times removed via Frances Latham
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Huckins
William Sprague
27th Governor of Rhode Island
6th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Waterman
Samuel Colt
Inventor of the Colt Revolver
6th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Church
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
6th cousin 5 times removed via Frances Latham
Louis Comfort Tiffany
American Stained Glass Artist
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Wight
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
6th cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 5 times removed via Frances Latham
Julius Sterling Morton
Founder of Arbor Day
6th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Brigham
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
6th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Whitman
Israel Washburn
29th Governor of Maine
6th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Whitman
Elihu Washburne
25th U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Whitman
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
6th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
7th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Joseph Emerson
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via Francis Smith
Ty Cobb
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Hayward
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Backus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
7th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Skeffe
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Gorham
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Skeffe
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Skeffe
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Post
Frederick Upton
Co-Founder of Whirlpool Corporation
7th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Graves
Charles Dawes
30th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 3 times removed via George Godfrey
Clarence Day
Author of Life with Father
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Leonard
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Post
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Backus
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Otis Jr.
Lavinia Warren
Dwarf Circus Performer
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Hatch
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Strong
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Hyde
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
7th cousin 4 times removed via William Arnold
Potter Palmer
Co-Founder of Marshall Fields
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Samson
Lillian Gish
Stage, TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Strong
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
7th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Brigham
Alvin Woolson
Founder of Woolson Spice Co. (Lion Coffee)
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Upham
Merrill C. Meigs
Publisher, Chicago Herald & Examiner
7th cousin 4 times removed via Giles Hopkins
Abraham Lincoln
16th U.S. President
7th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Gilman
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
7th cousin 5 times removed via Dr. Richard Palgrave
Salmon P. Chase
Sec. of Treasury and Namesake of JP Morgan Chase
7th cousin 5 times removed via Edward Gilman
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Henry Crapo
14th Governor of Michigan
7th cousin 5 times removed via Henry Howland
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
7th cousin 5 times removed via Dr. Richard Palgrave
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
7th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Fray
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
8th cousin via Rev. Joseph Emerson
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Sackett
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Emerson
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
8th cousin 1 time removed via Simon Newcomb
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
8th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Thayer
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Hawes
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Greene Jr.
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Graves
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Sackett
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Harris
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Peter Bulkeley
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Leonard
David Angell
TV Producer - 9/11 Victim
8th cousin 2 times removed via Resolved Waterman
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Backus
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Gorham
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Almy
Charles Edward Merrill
Co-Founder of Merrill Lynch & Company
8th cousin 3 times removed via John Dunham
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
8th cousin 4 times removed via Anthony Eames
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
8th cousin 4 times removed via Dr. Richard Palgrave
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
8th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Warren
Lewis Henry Lapham
Co-Founder of Texaco
8th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Howland
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
8th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Francis Harrington Glidden
Co-Founder of Glidden Company
8th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Squire
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
8th cousin 7 times removed via William Eliot of Cottered, Herts
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
9th cousin via Thomas Emerson
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Leonard
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
9th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Gorham
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
9th cousin 1 time removed via John Leonard
Owen Brewster
54th Governor of Maine
9th cousin 1 time removed via Bernard Lombard
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Upham
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
9th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Post
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
9th cousin 2 times removed via William Pratt
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
9th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
9th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Adams
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Chipman
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
9th cousin 2 times removed via Roger Williams
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
9th cousin 2 times removed via John Strong
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
9th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Upham
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
9th cousin 3 times removed via John Tayer
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
9th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Squire
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
9th cousin 3 times removed via Dr. Richard Palgrave
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
9th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Howland
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Warren
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
9th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Warren
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
9th cousin 3 times removed via Anthony Eames
Felicity Huffman
TV & Movie Actress
9th cousin 3 times removed via George Bowers
Brandon Routh
TV and Movie Actor
9th cousin 3 times removed via Ferdinando Thayer
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Charlton
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Charlton
Seth MacFarlane
Actor, Animator, Writer and Producer
10th cousin via William Hatch
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. Edward Bulkeley
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
10th cousin 1 time removed via Roger Williams
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
10th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
10th cousin 1 time removed via Simon Sackett
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Strong
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
10th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Wight
Dan Quayle
44th U.S. Vice-President
10th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Sears
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
10th cousin 2 times removed via Dr. Richard Palgrave
Taylor Swift
Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Warren
Johnny Carson
TV Host - “The Tonight Show”
10th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund Freeman
George Hamilton
TV and Movie Actor
10th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Gilman
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Charlton
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Fiske
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Charlton
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 8 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
10th cousin 11 times removed via Eudo la Zouche
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
11th cousin via Samuel Lathrop
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
11th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
11th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
11th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Hawes
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
11th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Whitman
Richard Hatch
TV and Movie Actor
11th cousin 2 times removed via William Brewster
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Charlton
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
11th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Brome
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Charlton
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
11th cousin 4 times removed via John Brome
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
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
11th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Aylesbury
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Grindall
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Fiske
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Charlton
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
12th cousin 3 times removed via William Eliot of Cottered, Herts
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
James Madison
4th U.S. President
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
George Washington
1st U.S. President
12th cousin 6 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 7 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
13th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Scudder
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Charlton
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
13th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
13th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Maurice de Berkeley
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 8 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
14th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh Shirley
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
14th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Brome
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
14th cousin 4 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Boteler
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
14th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Howard
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
14th cousin 7 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
15th cousin 1 time removed via Humphrey Stafford
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Corbet
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Fray
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Boteler
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Howard
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
15th cousin 6 times removed via Henry III, King of England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 6 times removed via Henry III, King of England
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey Stafford
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Fray
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
16th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
16th cousin 2 times removed via Katherine Pabenham
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
16th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Colepepper
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
16th cousin 3 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
17th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
18th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
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
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
18th cousin 2 times removed via Alice Plumpton
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
18th cousin 3 times removed via Henry III, King of England
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
19th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Plantagenet
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
19th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Truman Capote
Author of In Cold Blood
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Nicholas Poyntz
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
20th cousin via Blanche of Artois
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
20th cousin 1 time removed via Blanche of Artois