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About Pat Shaul

Genealogist / Family Historian; Blog started as a record of my Grandfather's post card collection which ran for 15 months. Then, in June, 2017, I changed over to reporting and commenting on notifications from the ANCESTRY app "We're Related" I then started to provide snippets into ancestor biographies on the dates that were significant anniversaries.

Maria Shriver – and the rest of the Kennedy Klan …

Posted on January 21, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Maria Shriver is reported in # 396 as my 9th cousin, through our MRCA, Esther Ballard (1632-1717), my documented 8 times great grandmother.  Cousin Maria’s lineage is traced through her mother, Eunice Kennedy Shriver.  This would make Eunice my 8th … Continue reading →

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Katie Holmes – but I won’t be jumping on Oprah’s couch any time soon!

Posted on January 20, 2018 by Pat Shaul

So, We’re Related, Katie Holmes is my 6th cousin, 5 times removed?  Maybe you need to check the lineage you defined for her in notice # 395.  You have her 6 times great grandmother, Ann Caudill (1731-1836) being the daughter … Continue reading →

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Donny and Marie –

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Pat Shaul

It took three days between, but We’re Related figured out for the first time that if I was a 9th cousin of Marie, I must also be a 9th cousin of Donny.  The reports also use the same MRCA, Thomas … Continue reading →

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George Washington Carver – by adoption!

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pat Shaul

George Washington Carver was reported as my 7th cousin, 3 times removed.  Apparently, there was no need to check his biography to ascertain that the person defined as his mother, Susan Blue (1814-1882), was the woman who adopted him after … Continue reading →

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Sam Walton – can I get a piece of the estate???

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Sam Walton as my 7th cousin, once removed, through our MRCA, Abigail Bellows (1661-1726), my 7 times great grandmother.  Forget the discount, I want a piece of Cousin Sam’s estate and free access to the royalties on the People of … Continue reading →

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Pearl S. Buck – should have gotten extra credit in HS!

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Pat Shaul

If I had known Ms Buck was my 7th cousin, 3 times removed, in High School, when I had to read The Good Earth, I am sure I would have milked it for extra credit!  We are supposed to be … Continue reading →

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Dale Earnhardt – not the first really fast relative …

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Pat Shaul

So, We’re Related thinks Dale Earnhardt is my 9th cousin!  We link up through our MRCA, Jacobus Schaeffer (1657-1714), the great great grandfather of John Backus (1750-1823), the furthest documented ancestor I have in that lineage and my 4 times … Continue reading →

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James Madison – second go —

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Pat Shaul

In notice # 389, We’re Related, has notified that President James Madison was my 6th cousin, six times removed, through our MRCA, John Hall (1540-1630), the proposed great grandfather of Samuel Hall (1644-1689), my 8 times great grandfather and the … Continue reading →

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Matthew McConaughey – ‘Alright, Alright, Alright’

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Pat Shaul

The latest notice (#388) tells me that Matthew McConaughey is my 9th cousin through our MRCA, Thomas Deane (1639-1697), the proposed father of my 7 times great grandmother Lydia Dean (1679-1726), the furthest documented ancestor I have in this lineage.  … Continue reading →

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William Blake – romantic poet not accepted in his own time — must be a cousin!

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Pat Shaul

William Blake is reported to be my 5th cousin, six time removed, through MRCA William Lane (1580-1654), the proposed grandfather of Hannah Baker (1638-1717), my 8 times great grandmother and the furthest documented ancestor I have in that lineage.  So, … Continue reading →

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