Famous Kin of
Gene Roddenberry

Creator of Star Trek

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Lizzie Borden

Accused Murderess

2nd cousin 2 times removed via James Morrison

William Ellery

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

3rd cousin 6 times removed via Peter Tallman

Melvil Dewey

Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System

4th cousin 2 times removed via Francis Bourn

Brigham Young

2nd President of the Mormon Church

4th cousin 5 times removed via John Hayden

Roger Sherman

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

4th cousin 7 times removed via Henry Sherman

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Susan B. Anthony

Women's Rights Advocate

5th cousin 3 times removed via Robert Wheaton

John Batterson Stetson

Inventor of the Cowboy Hat

5th cousin 3 times removed via Ephraim Pray

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Henry Crapo

14th Governor of Michigan

5th cousin 3 times removed via William Chase Jr.

Johnny Appleseed

aka John Chapman

5th cousin 4 times removed via Isaac Stearns

Shanghai Pierce

Texas Cattleman

5th cousin 4 times removed via Peter Tallman

Eliphalet Adams Bulkeley

Founder of Aetna Insurance

5th cousin 4 times removed via William Manning

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William Howard Taft

27th U.S. President

6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Wheaton

Clara Barton

Founder of the American Red Cross

6th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Stearns

Stephen A. Douglas

Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates

6th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Bowen

Lewis Henry Lapham

Co-Founder of Texaco

6th cousin 3 times removed via Philip Sherman

James Sherman

27th U.S. Vice-President

6th cousin 3 times removed via Philip Sherman

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Morgan Bulkeley

54th Governor of Connecticut

6th cousin 3 times removed via William Manning

Robert Treat Paine

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

6th cousin 6 times removed via Henry Sherman

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William Durant

Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire

7th cousin 1 time removed via William Chase Jr.

Henry Huttleston Rogers

Oil Tycoon

7th cousin 1 time removed via William Chase Jr.

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Willis Carrier

Inventor of Air Conditioning

7th cousin 2 times removed via John Tripp

Arthur Ryerson

RMS Titanic Victim

7th cousin 2 times removed via Isaac Stearns

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Sir Winston Churchill

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

8th cousin via William Chase Jr.

Raquel Welch

Movie Actress

8th cousin via Ephraim Pray

Herbert Hoover

31st U.S. President

8th cousin via John Dix

Alfred Worden

Apollo 15 Astronaut

8th cousin via Robert Wheaton

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Tennessee Williams

Author of A Streetcar Named Desire

8th cousin 1 time removed via Peter Tallman

Tyne Daly

Movie, Television, and Stage Actress

8th cousin 1 time removed via William Manning

Warren G. Harding

29th U.S. President

8th cousin 1 time removed via John Tripp

Christopher Lloyd

Movie Actor

8th cousin 1 time removed via Philip Sherman

Gene Roddenberry photo by NASA on the Commons (Public Domain)