Famous Kin of
Helen Keller
Author and Activist
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General Robert E. Lee
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
2nd cousin 1 time removed via Col. Bernard Moore
Richard Henry Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Lucy Higginson
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
2nd cousin 4 times removed via Lucy Higginson
Benjamin Harrison V
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Lucy Higginson
Thomas Nelson
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
3rd cousin 3 times removed via Lucy Higginson
King Henry VIII
King of England
3rd cousin 10 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Edith (Bolling) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
4th cousin 1 time removed via Gov. Alexander Spotswood
William Henry Harrison
9th U.S. President
4th cousin 2 times removed via Lucy Higginson
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American “Fireside” Poet
4th cousin 2 times removed via William Longfellow
James Madison
4th U.S. President
4th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Francis Bernard of Kingsthorpe, Northamptonshire
Admiral Richard Byrd
Polar Explorer
4th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Todd
Harry F. Byrd
50th Governor of Virginia
4th cousin 3 times removed via Elizabeth Todd
Catherine Parr
6th Wife of King Henry VIII
4th cousin 10 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Ray Bradbury
Author of The Martian Chronicles
5th cousin 1 time removed via John Noyes Jr.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Poet
5th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Sewall III
Charles Carroll
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
5th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sewall
Daniel Carroll
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
5th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sewall
John Carroll
Founder of Georgetown University
5th cousin 4 times removed via Henry Sewall
Edmund Waller
English Poet and Politician
5th cousin 9 times removed via John Brome
Anne Boleyn
2nd Wife of King Henry VIII
5th cousin 10 times removed via John de Welles
Grover Cleveland
22nd and 24th U.S. President
6th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sewall III
Henry Lee Higginson
Founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
6th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sewall III
General George S. Patton
U.S. Army - World War II
6th cousin 3 times removed via Col. William Bernard
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Singer and Songwriter
6th cousin 4 times removed via Lucy Higginson
Jane Seymour
3rd Wife of King Henry VIII
6th cousin 10 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Tennessee Williams
Author of A Streetcar Named Desire
7th cousin 1 time removed via Henry Sewall III
Juliette Gordon Low
Founder of the Girl Scouts
7th cousin 1 time removed via Robert Adams
Dick Cheney
46th U.S. Vice-President
7th cousin 2 times removed via Henry Sewall III
Linda Hamilton
TV and Movie Actress
7th cousin 3 times removed via Nicholas Noyes
Major John Pitcairn
British Commander at Battle of Lexington
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Stewart
Patrick Henry
1st and 6th Governor of Virginia
7th cousin 4 times removed via John Stewart
Catherine Howard
5th Wife of King Henry VIII
7th cousin 9 times removed via Henry Plantagenet
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th U.S. President
8th cousin 1 time removed via Edward Ward
Elisabeth Shue
TV and Movie Actress
8th cousin 2 times removed via Rev. William Noyes
Ted Danson
TV Actor - “Cheers”, “CSI”
8th cousin 3 times removed via Rev. William Noyes
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Bernard
Sir Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
8th cousin 4 times removed via Francis Bernard
Richard More
Mayflower Passenger
8th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Bathsheba (Ruggles) Spooner
First woman executed for murder in U.S. by non-British government
9th cousin 4 times removed via John Denton
John Langdon
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
9th cousin 4 times removed via John Denton
Robert Catesby
Leader of Gunpowder Plot
9th cousin 7 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter and Co-Founder of Capitol Records
10th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
Jane (Appleton) Pierce
First Lady of President Franklin Pierce
10th cousin 3 times removed via John Denton
Robert Treat Paine
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 3 times removed via John le Scrope
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
10th cousin 3 times removed via John Denton
Guy Ritchie
British Filmmaker
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
George Clinton
4th U.S. Vice President
10th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Philip Livingston
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
10th cousin 5 times removed via Sir David Lindsay
Cara Delevingne
Fashion Model and Movie Actress
10th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Walter Lindsay
Rev. George Burroughs
Executed for Witchcraft, Salem 1692
10th cousin 8 times removed via Sir John Howard
Theodore Roosevelt
26th U.S. President
11th cousin 1 time removed via John Stewart
Lytton Strachey
Author and Co-Founder of Bloomsbury Group
11th cousin 1 time removed via John Stewart
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
11th cousin 2 times removed via John Stewart
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
American “Fireside” Poet
11th cousin 2 times removed via John Denton
George Washington
1st U.S. President
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Thomas de Holand
Thomas Jefferson
3rd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
DeWitt Clinton
6th Governor of New York
11th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Howard Dean
79th Governor of Vermont
11th cousin 4 times removed via John Stewart
Jonathan Swift
Author of Gulliver's Travels
11th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Alexander Hamilton
1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
12th cousin via Joan Beaufort
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
Principal character of film Glory portrayed by Matthew Broderick
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Denton
William Marsh Rice
Founder of Rice University
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Denton
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
12th cousin 1 time removed via John Denton
Henry Lee III
9th Governor of Virginia
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Meriwether Lewis
Lewis and Clark Expedition
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harriet Martineau
Author of The Hour and the Man
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Fletcher Christian
Leader of the mutiny on the Bounty
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
George Mason
Father of the U.S. Bill of Rights
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
12th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Marshall Field
Founder of Marshall Field & Co.
12th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Lt. Gen. James Brudenell
Leader of the “Charge of the Light Brigade”
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John Marshall
4th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
12th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
James Russell Lowell
American “Fireside” Poet
12th cousin 2 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Eugene Foss
45th Governor of Massachusetts
12th cousin 2 times removed via John Brome
Roger Sherman
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Hugh Mercer
American Revolution
12th cousin 3 times removed via Sir David Lindsay
Alan Turing
WWII Codebreaker of Nazi Enigma Machine
12th cousin 3 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Caesar Rodney
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
12th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Neville
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd U.S. President
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Camilla Parker Bowles
Duchess of Cornwall
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Wernher von Braun
Rocket Scientist
12th cousin 5 times removed via Joan Beaufort
Elihu Yale
Benefactor and Namesake of Yale College
12th cousin 8 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
Dr. H. H. Holmes
Serial Killer aka “Devil in the White City”
13th cousin via John Denton
Abigail (Smith) Adams
First Lady of President John Adams
13th cousin 1 time removed via John of Gaunt
Zachary Taylor
12th U.S. President
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Helen (Herron) Taft
First Lady of President William H. Taft
13th cousin 1 time removed via John Brome
John Adams Morgan
1952 Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist
13th cousin 1 time removed via John Denton
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice in Wonderland
13th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
John D. Rockefeller
Founder of the Standard Oil Company
13th cousin 2 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
William Floyd
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 2 times removed via John de Welles
Alan Shepard
Mercury and Apollo Astronaut
13th cousin 2 times removed via John Denton
Thomas Sim Lee
2nd and 7th Governor of Maryland
13th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
William Ellery
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
13th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William Greene
2nd Governor of Rhode Island
13th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Nelson Rockefeller
41st U.S. Vice-President
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Benedict Cumberbatch
Movie, Television and Stage Actor
13th cousin 4 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
John Cena
Movie Actor and WWE Pro Wrestler
13th cousin 4 times removed via John Denton
Kit Harington
TV Actor - “Game of Thrones”
13th cousin 5 times removed via Sir John Beaufort
Joseph Wharton
Founder of the Wharton School of Business
14th cousin via Stephen le Scrope
Lucretia (Rudolph) Garfield
First Lady of President James Garfield
14th cousin 1 time removed via Stephen le Scrope
Samuel Howard
Boston Tea Party Participant
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Eli Whitney
Inventor of the Cotton Gin
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Francis Scott Key
Author of “The Star Spangled Banner”
14th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Edward Lloyd V
13th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles Goldsborough
16th Governor of Maryland
14th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Charles A. Pillsbury
Co-Founder of C.A. Pillsbury Co.
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
William Howard Taft
27th U.S. President
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Anthony West
Novelist and writer for the New Yorker
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Robert Townsend
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
General James Longstreet
Confederate Army - U.S. Civil War
14th cousin 2 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Upton Sinclair
Pulitzer Prize Winning Novelist
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author, “Sherlock Holmes”
14th cousin 2 times removed via John of Gaunt
Leverett Saltonstall
55th Governor of Massachusetts
14th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Jimmy Carter
39th U.S. President
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Frank Lloyd Wright
American Architect
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Marilyn Monroe
Actress, Model, and Singer
14th cousin 3 times removed via Stephen le Scrope
Caleb Brewster
Member of the Culper Spy Ring during the American Revolution
14th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Orson Welles
Radio, Stage, and Movie Actor
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
Buckminster Fuller
Author, Architect, and Inventor
14th cousin 3 times removed via John of Gaunt
William H. Macy
TV and Movie Actor
14th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Carter Braxton
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
14th cousin 3 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Catherine Middleton
Duchess of Cambridge
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Harper Lee
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
14th cousin 4 times removed via John of Gaunt
Elizabeth Montgomery
TV Actress - “Bewitched”
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Sandra Day O'Connor
First Female U.S. Supreme Court Justice
14th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Paris Hilton
Socialite and TV Personality
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Ellen DeGeneres
Comedienne and TV Personality
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Carly Fiorina
CEO of Hewlett-Packard
14th cousin 6 times removed via Sir Ralph Neville
Shubael D. Childs
Founder of S.D. Childs & Company
15th cousin via Richard FitzAlan
J. A. Folger
Founder of Folger Coffee Company
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Samuel Prescott
Completed Paul Revere's Midnight Ride
15th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Richard Warren Sears
Co-Founder of Sears, Roebuck, & Co.
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Gloria Vanderbilt
Fashion Designer
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Marjorie Post
Founder of General Foods
15th cousin 1 time removed via John de Welles
Samuel Ward King
15th Governor of Rhode Island
15th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Henry Lloyd
40th Governor of Maryland
15th cousin 1 time removed via Richard FitzAlan
Abraham Baldwin
Signer of the U.S. Constitution
15th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Robert de Holland
George H. W. Bush
41st U.S. President
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir David Lindsay
Henry Clay Folger
Founder of Folger Shakespeare Library and Chairman of Standard Oil
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Edward I, King of England
Sir Charles Tupper
6th Prime Minister of Canada
15th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Anderson Cooper
Television Journalist
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
John Hancock
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
15th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Alan la Zouche
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Endicott Peabody
62nd Governor of Massachusetts
15th cousin 2 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Guillermo Billinghurst
31st President of Peru
15th cousin 2 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Barbara (Pierce) Bush
First Lady of President George H.W. Bush
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
George W. Bush
43rd U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir David Lindsay
Calvin Coolidge
30th U.S. President
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Alice (Lee) Roosevelt
First Wife of President Theodore Roosevelt
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Ellen Louise (Axson) Wilson
First Lady of President Woodrow Wilson
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
General Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Army - World War II
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author of Treasure Island
15th cousin 3 times removed via Robert II, King of Scotland
Roy Rogers
Cowboy movie actor and singer
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Adlai Stevenson II
31st Governor of Illinois
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Valerie Bertinelli
Television Actress
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Jeb Bush
43rd Governor of Florida
15th cousin 3 times removed via Sir David Lindsay
Thomas Pynchon
American Novelist
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Allen Dulles
5th Director of the C.I.A.
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
John Foster Dulles
52nd U.S. Secretary of State
15th cousin 3 times removed via John de Welles
General George C. Marshall
Author of “The Marshall Plan”
15th cousin 3 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Lucille Ball
TV Actress - “I Love Lucy”
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Lee Harvey Oswald
Accused Assassin of President John F. Kennedy
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Mamie (Doud) Eisenhower
First Lady of President Dwight Eisenhower
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Lou (Henry) Hoover
First Lady of President Herbert Hoover
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Bing Crosby
Singer and Movie Actor
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Abigail Folger
Charles Manson Murder Victim and Folger Coffee Heiress
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Adlai Stevenson III
U.S. Senator from Illinois
15th cousin 4 times removed via Richard FitzAlan
Illeana Douglas
TV and Movie Actress
15th cousin 4 times removed via John de Welles
Susana Ferrari Billinghurst
Argentine Aviation Pioneer
15th cousin 4 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Meghan Markle
Duchess of Sussex, TV Actress
15th cousin 5 times removed via Sir Hugh de Stafford
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Mayflower Madam
15th cousin 6 times removed via John de Welles
Chevy Chase
Comedian, Actor and Writer
15th cousin 6 times removed via Eleanor Plantagenet
Julia (Ward) Howe
Author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”
16th cousin via Ralph de Stafford
William Rufus Day
36th U.S. Secretary of State
16th cousin via Sir William de Ros
Stephen A. Douglas
Participated in Lincoln-Douglas Debates
16th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Shanghai Pierce
Texas Cattleman
16th cousin 1 time removed via Ralph de Stafford
Katharine Hepburn
Movie Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Button Gwinnett
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Edmund Mortimer
Judy Garland
Singer and Movie Actress
16th cousin 2 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Jack London
Author of “The Call of the Wild”
16th cousin 2 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Charles Carnan Ridgely
15th Governor of Maryland
16th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Gilbert de Clare
Mitt Romney
70th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 3 times removed via Sir William de Ros
George Romney
43rd Governor of Michigan
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Liza Minnelli
Singer and Actress
16th cousin 3 times removed via Edmund FitzAlan
Amelia Earhart
Aviation Pioneer
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Willis Carrier
Inventor of Air Conditioning
16th cousin 3 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Christian Herter
59th Governor of Massachusetts
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Robert de Holland
Lyman Hall
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Charlie Munger
Vice-Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
16th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Erskine Childers
4th President of Ireland
16th cousin 4 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
Anna Gunn
TV and Movie Actress
16th cousin 4 times removed via Sir William de Ros
Warren Buffett
Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
16th cousin 5 times removed via Ralph de Stafford
William C. C. Claiborne
1st Governor of Louisiana
17th cousin 2 times removed via William de Beauchamp
Walt Disney
Co-Founder of The Walt Disney Company
18th cousin via Sir John Howard
Capt. William Lewis Herndon
Captain of the ill fated S.S. Central America
18th cousin 1 time removed via Sir William de Ros
Eliphalet Remington
Founder of Remington Arms Company
18th cousin 2 times removed via Sir Roger de Somery
J.P. Morgan
American Banker and Art Collector
19th cousin via Isabelle of Angoulême
J.P. Morgan, Jr.
American Banker and Philanthropist
19th cousin 1 time removed via Isabelle of Angoulême
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
19th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy
Henry Sturgis Morgan
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
19th cousin 2 times removed via Isabelle of Angoulême
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer and Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.
19th cousin 2 times removed via William de Beauchamp
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
20th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Orville Wright
Wright Brothers - Aviation Pioneer
20th cousin via Sir Roger de Quincy
Edith (Carow) Roosevelt
First Lady of President Theodore Roosevelt
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Frank Nelson Doubleday
Founder of Doubleday & Co.
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Geoffrey FitzPiers
Melvil Dewey
Inventor of the Dewey Decimal System
20th cousin 1 time removed via Sir Roger de Quincy