Monthly Archives: March 2018

Louis Comfort Tiffany – sheds some shade….

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Pat Shaul

  Louis Comfort Tiffany is reported to be my 5th cousin, 4 times removed, through our MRCA, Elizabeth Baker (1645-1708), the grandmother of Dinah Harris (1702-1796), my 6 times great grandmother and the furthest documented ancestor I have in that … Continue reading →

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Meg Whitman – sorry, cuz, I have a Dell computer.

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Meg Whitman as my 9th cousin through our MRCA, Edward Smith (1636-1693), my 8 times great grandfather.  This was report # 411 from We’re Related.  Many months ago, in report # 170, Ms Whitman also showed up as my 9th … Continue reading →

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President Gerald R Ford – ????

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Pat Shaul

We’re Related notice # 410 seems to be unable to find a photograph of #38!  That is VERY STRANGE! Anyway, it reports that we are 8th cousins, twice removed through our MRCA, Mary Raymond (1629-1724), the mother of Hannah Betts … Continue reading →

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J. Paul Getty — Oil and Money — can I get a loan, cousin?

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Pat Shaul

We’re Related # 408 shows J. Paul Getty as my 7th cousin, 3 times removed, through our MRCA, Johann Christ (1610-1674), the 5 times great grandfather of my great great grandmother, Mary Ann Allen, the brick wall in that lineage … Continue reading →

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R. Buckminster Fuller – a geodesic dome of fun?

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Bucky really appears to be my 6th cousin, three times removed through our MRCA, Hannah Baldwin (1644-1691), my 8 times great grandmother.  At least in Report # 409 from We’re Related.   I can say, the lineage reported for me is … Continue reading →

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Mary Baker Eddy – better Monitor this

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement, is reported to be my 6th cousin, 4 times removed in # 407 through our MRCA, Elizabeth Dunckley (1576-1657), the 3 times great grandmother of Esther Clark, my 4 times … Continue reading →

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Sitting Bull — now this IS pure BULL

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Sitting Bull is my 5th cousin 7 times removed though our MRCA, John Lawrence (1519-1590).  Really?   Does no one ever give this the smell test?  This is the pedigree chart provided for Sitting Bull: Sitting Bull, chief of the Lakota … Continue reading →

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Thomas Wolfe – and the beat generation continues……

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Thomas Wolfe, my projected 5th cousin, three times remove, through our MRCA, Anna Schumacher (1654-1724), the grandmother of John Shaul (xxxx-1790), my 5 times great grandfather and the furthest documented ancestor in that lineage.  Since the SH construction is not … Continue reading →

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Anthony Perkins – or maybe it is Mother???

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Notice # 405 from We’re Related tells me that Anthony Perkins is my 8th cousin, twice removed, through our MRCA, Lot Conant (1624-1674), the proposed great great grandfather of my 5 times great grandmother, Thankful Isham (1752-1834), the furthest documented … Continue reading →

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James Monroe – Doctrine and all …

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Second notice from We’re Related has President James Monroe as my 6th cousin, 6 times removed through our MRCA, Margaret Jones (1539-1555), the great grandmother of Thomas Lewis (1630-1700), my 8 times great grandfather, the furthest documented ancestor I have … Continue reading →

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