Monthly Archives: April 2018

# 424 reports that Brad Paisley is my 8th cousin, once removed, through our MRCA, Hannah Brown, the great great grandmother of Abner Cummings (1802-1848), my 3 times great grandfather, my brick wall, the end of my documentation in that … Continue reading →

So, # 423 says Senator Harry Mason Reid is my 9th cousin through our MRCA, Mary Fletcher (1630-1683), my 8 times great grandmother, fully documented.  So if what We’re Related shows for Harry’s lineage is valid, we are cousins.  Of … Continue reading →

James Thurber appears as my 8th cousin, once removed in notice # 420 from We’re Related through our MRCA, Esther Ballard (1632-1717), my 8th great grandmother.  This lineage is well documented.  So, it looks like this might actually be a … Continue reading →

President Chester Alan Arthur showed up in notice # 419 as my 6th cousin, 5 times removed, through our MRCA, Alice Atkins (1576-1650), the proposed mother of John Stevens (1600-1670), my 9 times great grandfather and the furthest documented ancestor … Continue reading →

Notice # 418 says Annie Oakley (aka Phoebe Ann Mosey) is my 7th cousin, 3 times removed, through our MRCA, Mary Newhall (1637-1694), the proposed 4 times great grandmother of my brick wall 3 times great grandfather, Abner Cummings (1802-1848). … Continue reading →

Eliza McCardle is reported to be my 7th cousin, 3 times removed, through our MRCA, Mary West (1579-1647), the projected grandmother of Isaac Lawrence (1652-1731), my 7 times great grandfather and not quite the furthest ancestor I have documented in … Continue reading →