Category Archives: We’re Related

In this second go around from We’re Related, I am told John Brown is my 7th cousin, 4 times removed through our MRCA, Robert White (1558-1617), 6 generations beyond my documented 4th great grandmother, Esther Clark.  That’s going to be … Continue reading →

Winston Churchill appears as my 8th cousin, twice removed, in the most recent notification from We’re Related — #340.  In this iteration, our MRCA is Francis Baker (1611-1696), the great grandfather of my furthest documented ancestor in that lineage, Dinah … Continue reading →

Walt Disney – 8th cousin, twice removed as # 338 and 7th cousin, twice removed as #34 from We’re Related.   In #34, our MRCA is Elizabeth Cooke (1611-1663), the mother of my 7th great grandfather, Isaac Lawrence (1652-1731).  Finding the … Continue reading →

Willard Mitt Romney now calculates to be my 9th cousin on We’re Related # 336.  He was 8th cousin, once removed when reported on # 26.  What is the difference?   Well, in my reported lineage, #26 goes up the White … Continue reading →

President Truman had been previously reported through We’re Related as #146, a 7th cousin, three times removed, through our MRCA, Elizabeth Lee (1608-1687).  Elizabeth is one generation removed from my documented 8th great grandmother, Esther Ballard (1632-1717).   In this reporting, … Continue reading →

Shailene Woodley as my 7th cousin, twice removed is interesting as she is one of the new actors and has a more recent MRCA, Samuel Lane (1700-1779).  At least more recent in my lineage.  In the Lane lineage, Samuel is … Continue reading →

President Abraham Lincoln was just reported as my 7th cousin, four times removed.  I would have ignored this because this appeared as the 30th notification in the 336 notifications I have received, but I know better than to ignore, I … Continue reading →