Famous Kin of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
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William Stoughton
Chief Judge and Prosecutor, Salem Witch Trials 1692
6th great-granduncle via Israel Stoughton
Elizabeth (Kortright) Monroe
First Lady of President James Monroe
1st cousin 2 times removed via John Aspinwall
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
1st cousin 8 times removed via William Knight
Benedict Arnold
Traitor of the American Revolution
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
Samuel Huntington
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 5 times removed via Simon Huntington Jr.
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
2nd cousin 13 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
King Henry VIII
King of England
2nd cousin 14 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Joseph Lyman Jr.
Levi Parsons Morton
22nd U.S. Vice-President
3rd cousin 1 time removed via Benjamin Sheldon
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
3rd cousin 2 times removed via Joseph Lyman Jr.
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Joseph Lyman Jr.
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Rev. Thomas Shepard Jr.
Noah Webster
Published first American Dictionary
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Marshfield
Ethan Allen
Revolutionary War Hero
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Woodford
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Howland
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
3rd cousin 4 times removed via John Strong
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 5 times removed via Dr. Richard Palgrave
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Dryden
Samuel F. B. Morse
Painter and Co-Inventor of Morse Code
4th cousin 1 time removed via Peter Aspinwall of Muddy River
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President
4th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Delano
Oliver Winchester
Founder of Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
4th cousin 1 time removed via Peter Aspinwall of Muddy River
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
4th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen Presbury
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
4th cousin 2 times removed via James Murray
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
4th cousin 2 times removed via Jireh Swift
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
4th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. Thomas Shepard Jr.
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
4th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Allerton
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
4th cousin 3 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
William Williams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
4th cousin 4 times removed via Benjamin Sheldon
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 4 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 5 times removed via Matthew Whipple
King Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 12 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Frank W. Woolworth
Founder of F.W. Woolworth Company
5th cousin via Thomas Sheldon
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
5th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Roosevelt
Laura Ingalls-Wilder
Author of Little House on the Prairie
5th cousin 1 time removed via Jonathan Delano
Sir Robert Laird Borden
8th Prime Minister of Canada
5th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Bill
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
5th cousin 1 time removed via Medad Pomeroy
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
5th cousin 1 time removed via Ephraim Hunt Jr.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Pope
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
5th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Tabor
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
5th cousin 2 times removed via Benjamin Lyman
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
5th cousin 2 times removed via Jonathan Delano
Barbara Hutton
Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)
5th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Sheldon
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
5th cousin 3 times removed via Dr. Richard Palgrave
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
5th cousin 3 times removed via Richard Robbins
General Joseph Warren
Killed at Battle of Bunker Hill
5th cousin 3 times removed via William Chaplin
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
5th cousin 3 times removed via Samuel Lathrop
Aaron Burr
Killed Alexander Hamilton
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Hooker of Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire
Benjamin Tallmadge
Leader of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
5th cousin 4 times removed via Thomas Hooker of Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire
Clement Clarke Moore
Author of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”
5th cousin 4 times removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Samuel Adams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Perkins
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
5th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 11 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
John Wellborn Root
1893 Chicago Columbian Exposition Architect
6th cousin via Isaac Sheldon
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
6th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Hutchinson
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
6th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Tabor
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Ashley
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
6th cousin 1 time removed via Jacob Perkins
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
6th cousin 1 time removed via Ephraim Hunt Jr.
Joseph Smith
Founder of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Howland
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
6th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Head
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
Lewis Henry Morgan
Pioneering Anthropologist
6th cousin 1 time removed via William Holton
Henry Luce
Co-Founder of Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated magazines
6th cousin 1 time removed via Medad Pomeroy
Joy Morton
Founder of Morton Salt Company
6th cousin 1 time removed via David Ashley
Gilbert Clifford Noble
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
6th cousin 1 time removed via Isaac Sheldon
Thomas Edmund Dewey
47th Governor of New York
6th cousin 1 time removed via Deborah Skeffe
James Youngs Smith
29th Governor of Rhode Island
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Howland
Horace Gray
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 1 time removed via John Howland
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via Philip Delano
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
6th cousin 2 times removed via Dr. Richard Palgrave
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
6th cousin 2 times removed via William Cheney
Dr. Benjamin Spock
American Pediatrician and Author on Child Care
6th cousin 2 times removed via John Lyman
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
6th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Henry Wells
Co-Founder of American Express and Wells Fargo and Co.
6th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Charde
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
6th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Blott
Cadwallader Washburn
Co-founder of General Mills and 11th Governor of Wisconsin
6th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Church
Israel Washburn
29th Governor of Maine
6th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Church
Elihu Washburne
25th U.S. Secretary of State
6th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Church
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
6th cousin 3 times removed via Col. Elisha Hutchinson
Dick Van Dyke
TV Actor - “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
6th cousin 3 times removed via John Coombs
Nancy (Davis) Reagan
First Lady of President Ronald Reagan
6th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Clint Eastwood
TV & Film Actor and Director
6th cousin 3 times removed via David Ashley
Brigham Young
2nd President of the Mormon Church
6th cousin 3 times removed via Matthew Whipple
John Lithgow
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
6th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 3 times removed via Isaac Sheldon
Jordana Brewster
TV and Movie Actress
6th cousin 3 times removed via Simon Huntington III
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via Col. Elisha Hutchinson
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
6th cousin 4 times removed via William Lewis Jr.
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
6th cousin 4 times removed via Col. Elisha Hutchinson
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
6th cousin 9 times removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Lucy (Webb) Hayes
First Lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes
7th cousin via William Holton
Francis Edward Hinckley
Co-Founder of the University of Chicago
7th cousin via John Howland
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
7th cousin via Jacob Perkins
Grace (Goodhue) Coolidge
First Lady of President Calvin Coolidge
7th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Warren
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
7th cousin 1 time removed via Jacob Perkins
John Sargent Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Perkins
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Blott
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
7th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Glover
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Astronomer and Aviation Pioneer
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Clap
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Wright
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Hutchinson
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
7th cousin 1 time removed via William Chandler
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
7th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Southworth
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
7th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Tabor
General George B. McClellan
Union Army - U.S. Civil War
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Carpenter
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Charde
George Eastman
Founder of Eastman Kodak Company
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Carpenter
Julia Child
American Chef, Author and TV Personality
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Gager
William Robbins Barnes
Co-Founder of Barnes & Noble
7th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Carpenter
Admiral George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
7th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Lyman
Bill Weld
68th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via Jacob Perkins
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
7th cousin 1 time removed via Philip Taber
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 1 time removed via John Howland
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Plumb
Ernest Hemingway
Author of The Sun Also Rises
7th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Glover
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
7th cousin 2 times removed via Anthony Shaw
Bess (Wallace) Truman
First Lady of President Harry S Truman
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Ashley
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
7th cousin 2 times removed via Samuel Lathrop Jr.
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
7th cousin 2 times removed via Richard Warren
Ichabod Goodwin
27th Governor of New Hampshire
7th cousin 2 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Scott Foley
TV, Stage and Movie Actor
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Howland
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
7th cousin 2 times removed via John Howland
John Hinckley, Jr.
Shot President Ronald Reagan
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Howland
Glenn Close
Movie, Television, and Stage Actress
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Strong
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
7th cousin 3 times removed via Dr. Henry Woodward
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
7th cousin 3 times removed via William Brinley of Willenhall
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Howland
Mike Huckabee
44th Governor of Arkansas
7th cousin 3 times removed via Dr. Henry Woodward
Sarah Caldwell
1st Female Conductor of the Metropolitan Opera
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Strong
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
7th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen Skeffe
Mark David Chapman
Assassinated John Lennon
7th cousin 3 times removed via John Strong
Brooke Shields
Movie Actress and Model
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Strong
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Howland
Alec Baldwin
Television and Movie Actor
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Howland
Brian Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Dennis Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Carl Wilson
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Lyman
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 4 times removed via Edward Hutchinson
Ethan Hawke
Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Novelist
7th cousin 4 times removed via Anthony Shaw
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
7th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Warren
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 11 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
8th cousin via John Perkins
Robert H. Goddard
Inventor of First Liquid-propelled Rocket
8th cousin via Thomas Lawrence
Philip Danforth Armour
Founder of Armour & Company
8th cousin via William Chaplin
Erle Stanley Gardner
Author of the Perry Mason series
8th cousin via William Clap
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Perkins
Mark Twain
Author of Tom Sawyer
8th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Stoughton
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Cheney
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
8th cousin 1 time removed via John Johnson
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author of Tarzan and John Carter
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Hutchinson
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
8th cousin 1 time removed via Jane Clark
Warren G. Harding
29th U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
George Gallup
Inventor of the Gallup Poll
8th cousin 1 time removed via William Chaplin
Hugh Hefner
Founder of Playboy Magazine
8th cousin 1 time removed via Alice Carpenter
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
8th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Hooker of Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire
William Durant
Co-Founder of General Motors and Founder of Frigidaire
8th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Howland
Henry A. Wallace
33rd U.S. Vice-President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Samuel Lathrop
Dr. Hawley H. Crippen
Murderer in Erik Larson's “Thunderstruck”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Perkins
John Steinbeck
Author of The Grapes of Wrath
8th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Howland
Johnny Carson
TV Host - “The Tonight Show”
8th cousin 2 times removed via William Swift
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Richards
Grace Slick
Singer, Songwriter - Jefferson Airplane
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Lawrence
Amy Grant
Christian/Pop Singer and Songwriter
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Ford
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
8th cousin 2 times removed via Philip Taber
David Hyde Pierce
Stage, TV, and Movie Actor
8th cousin 2 times removed via Alice Carpenter
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
8th cousin 2 times removed via Thomas Richards
Marie-Chantal Miller
Crown Princess of Greece
8th cousin 2 times removed via Anthony Snow
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
8th cousin 3 times removed via William Tyng
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 4 times removed via William Spencer
Elizabeth Smart
Founder of Elizabeth Smart Foundation
8th cousin 4 times removed via Degory Priest
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
8th cousin 7 times removed via James Hamilton
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
8th cousin 9 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
9th cousin via Thomas Hooker of Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Movie Actress
9th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. John Lathrop
Steve Young
Football Hall of Fame Quarterback
9th cousin 2 times removed via Matthew Whipple
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
9th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William FitzWilliam
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
9th cousin 3 times removed via Alexander Carpenter of Wrington, Somersetshire
Jodie Foster
Movie Actress
9th cousin 3 times removed via Thomas Hooker of Marefield, Tilton, Leicestershire
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
9th cousin 5 times removed via James Hamilton
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Brinley of Willenhall
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
James Madison
4th U.S. President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Edward Hastings
Mike Love
Co-Founder of The Beach Boys
10th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Scudder
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Thomas Greene Jr.
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Philip le Despencer of Goxhill, Lincolnshire
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Woodville
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
10th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Woodville
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Edward Hastings
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Richard Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
11th cousin 6 times removed via Richard Woodville
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 8 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
12th cousin 1 time removed via Margaret Stanley
Olivia De Havilland
Movie Actress
12th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
12th cousin 2 times removed via William Spencer
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
12th cousin 2 times removed via James Hamilton
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
E. M. Forster
English Novelist
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edward Hastings
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William FitzWilliam
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
12th cousin 5 times removed via Richard Woodville
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
13th cousin 1 time removed via Thomas Stradling
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Stephen Crane
Author of The Red Badge of Courage
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
13th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William Brandon
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Hungerford
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
13th cousin 6 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
13th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
14th cousin via Sir Thomas Stanley
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
14th cousin via Sir Thomas Stanley
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Stanley
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
14th cousin 1 time removed via George Stanley
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry Percy
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
14th cousin 3 times removed via George Stanley
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Fannie Farmer
Author of original Fannie Farmer Cookbook
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Baldwin Freville
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
15th cousin 1 time removed via James II, King of Scotland
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas de Umfreville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Throckmorton
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Hungerford
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Henry Percy
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
16th cousin 1 time removed via Richard Woodville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Emily Post
American Author on Etiquette
16th cousin 3 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
John Brown
American Abolitionist
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
17th cousin via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
17th cousin via Richard Woodville
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
17th cousin 1 time removed via Joan Beaufort
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 1 time removed via Ida de Odingsells
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
17th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Henry "Hotspur" Percy
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
18th cousin 1 time removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
18th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
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
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
18th cousin 3 times removed via Ida de Odingsells
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Tim Robbins
TV and Movie Actor
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Gilbert Pecche
Anna Faris
TV and Movie Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir John Grey of Rotherfield
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros