Category Archives: Ancestry

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 →

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 →

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 →

For the second time, We’re Related has let me know that Dick Cheney is my cousin – this time, my 8th cousin, once removed through our MRCA, Elizabeth Bond (1656-1729), the 3 times great grandmother of Esther Clark, my 4 … Continue reading →

Joan Crawford is # 402 in We’re Related in a strange reporting as my 9th cousin.  It is strange because it calls our our MRCA as Barnabas Fuller (1659-1738).  My line follows down through his son, Samuel Fuller (1681-1758).  Cousin … Continue reading →

Bobby Jones as my 8th cousin, twice removed, through our MRCA, William Macomber (1610-1670), the proposed great grandfather of Nathaniel White (1700-1764), my 6 times great grandfather and the furthest documented ancestor in that lineage.  The lines seem to be … Continue reading →

Truman Capote, one of the more prolific writers of the first half of the 20th century, is reported as my 8th cousin, once removed, through our MRCA, Daniel Erhardt (1646-xxxx), the supposed 3 times great grandfather of my 4 times … Continue reading →