Famous Kin of
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Martin Van Buren
8th U.S. President
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Luykas Gerritsen Wyngaart
Hannah (Hoes) Van Buren
Wife of President Martin Van Buren
3rd cousin 4 times removed via Cornelis Gysbertse Van Den Bergh of Rensselaerswyck
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 7 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
4th cousin 3 times removed via William Pannill of Richmond Co., Virginia
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
4th cousin 5 times removed via Thomas Ludlow
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
4th cousin 6 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
James Madison
4th U.S. President
4th cousin 6 times removed via William Underwood
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
4th cousin 6 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Ferdinand II of Aragon
1st King of a united Spain
4th cousin 12 times removed via Diego Gomez de Toledo
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
5th cousin 1 time removed via Nicholas Roosevelt
Herman Melville
Author of Moby Dick
5th cousin 3 times removed via Jan Pieterse Van Brugh
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
5th cousin 3 times removed via Philippe du Trieux
General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
5th cousin 5 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 13 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 14 times removed via Edmund Mortimer
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 14 times removed via John de Mowbray
Louisa May Alcott
Author of Little Women
6th cousin 2 times removed via Jan Pieterse Van Brugh
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
6th cousin 2 times removed via Philippe du Trieux
Benjamin Harrison
23rd U.S. President
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Fitzhugh Lee
40th Governor of Virginia
6th cousin 4 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
6th cousin 7 times removed via John Stewart
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Livingston
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Livingston
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
7th cousin 2 times removed via William Waldron
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
7th cousin 2 times removed via Robert Livingston
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
7th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
7th cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
8th cousin 1 time removed via Alexander Baillie
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
8th cousin 2 times removed via Evert Duycking
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
8th cousin 2 times removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
George Washington
1st U.S. President
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
9th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Cecil
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
9th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
9th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
9th cousin 6 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
10th cousin via William Underwood
Susan B. Anthony
Women's Rights Advocate
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Hetty Green
“The Witch of Wall Street”
10th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
Edward Norton
Movie Actor
10th cousin 1 time removed via John Carter of Christchurch, London, England
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
10th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Andrews de Windsor
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
10th cousin 5 times removed via James Hamilton
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
10th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 5 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Richard Woodville
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 7 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
11th cousin 1 time removed via William Pyle
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
11th cousin 2 times removed via John Andrews
Kate Upton
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model
11th cousin 3 times removed via William Pyle
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolutionary War Hero
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Erskine of the Ilk
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Hugh Luttrell
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
11th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Andrews de Windsor
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
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
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
11th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 8 times removed via Edmund Mortimer
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
11th cousin 9 times removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
12th cousin via James V, King of Scotland
Princess Diana
Princess of Wales
12th cousin 1 time removed via James V, King of Scotland
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
12th cousin 1 time removed via James V, King of Scotland
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Stewart
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
12th cousin 1 time removed via Archibald Campbell
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Stewart
Sarah Ferguson
Duchess of York
12th cousin 1 time removed via James V, King of Scotland
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Prince William
Duke of Cambridge
12th cousin 2 times removed via James V, King of Scotland
Prince Harry
Duke of Sussex
12th cousin 2 times removed via James V, King of Scotland
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Noel Coward
Playwright, Actor, and Songwriter
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir James Stewart
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
12th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Charles Darwin
Theory of Evolution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
John Brown
American Abolitionist
12th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
12th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
12th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
12th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
12th cousin 6 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
13th cousin via James IV, King of Scotland
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
13th cousin 1 time removed via James IV, King of Scotland
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
13th cousin 1 time removed via James IV, King of Scotland
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
13th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
John Kerry
68th U.S. Secretary of State
13th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
C. W. Post
Founder of Post Cereals
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Hugh Grant
Movie Actor
13th cousin 2 times removed via James IV, King of Scotland
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
13th cousin 2 times removed via John Stewart
John Quincy Adams
6th U.S. President
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
13th cousin 4 times removed via Richard Woodville
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
13th cousin 6 times removed via John de Mowbray
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
14th cousin via Henry VII, King of England
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
14th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Dymoke
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
14th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Thomas Blount
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
14th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Woodville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Lionel de Welles
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
14th cousin 2 times removed via James Douglas
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Jay Gould
American Railroad “Robber Baron”
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
John McCain
U.S. Senator from Arizona
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Thomas Blount
Lizzie Borden
Accused Murderess
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
Kyra Sedgwick
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Walter Blount
Keri Russell
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Woodville
James Taylor
Singer-Songwriter
15th cousin 1 time removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward IV, King of England
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Beauchamp
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Goushill
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
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
15th cousin 2 times removed via Elizabeth Woodville
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Gerald Ford
38th U.S. President
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Alan la Zouche
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Walter Blount
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
16th cousin via Sir Lionel de Welles
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
16th cousin via Sir Lionel de Welles
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Norman Rockwell
American Artist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
16th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
16th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert Goushill
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
16th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Sarah Palin
9th Governor of Alaska
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert Wingfield
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
16th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard Woodville
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin 3 times removed via John de Mowbray
Sally Ride
1st American Woman in Space
16th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
16th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
17th cousin via Eleanor Plantagenet
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
17th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Pete Seeger
American Folk Singer
17th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
17th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
17th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
17th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
17th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
18th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Mortimer
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
Ellen (Herndon) Arthur
Wife of President Chester A. Arthur
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
18th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Richard FitzAlan
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
19th cousin via John de Mowbray
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
19th cousin 1 time removed via Bartholomew de Badlesmere
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
19th cousin 1 time removed via Edmund Mortimer
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Jesse James
Outlaw, Bank Robber, Murderer
19th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Vachel Lindsay
American Poet
19th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
19th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Humphrey de Bohun
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
21st cousin via Sir Humphrey de Bohun