Category Archives: Genealogy

President Gerald R Ford – ????

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?

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?

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

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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Thomas Wolfe – and the beat generation continues……

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???

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 …

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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Dick Cheney – part 2

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

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It’s Back – And there are NO WIRE HANGERS for Cousin Joan Crawford!

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

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Bobby Jones — Fore!! Well, really 8, twice removed.

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

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