Category Archives: We’re Related

R. Buckminster Fuller – a geodesic dome of fun?

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Pat Shaul

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

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Pat Shaul

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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Sitting Bull — now this IS pure BULL

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Pat Shaul

Sitting Bull is my 5th cousin 7 times removed though our MRCA, John Lawrence (1519-1590).  Really?   Does no one ever give this the smell test?  This is the pedigree chart provided for Sitting Bull: Sitting Bull, chief of the Lakota … Continue reading →

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Thomas Wolfe – and the beat generation continues……

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Pat Shaul

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???

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Pat Shaul

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 …

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Pat Shaul

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

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Pat Shaul

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!

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Pat Shaul

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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No New Word ….

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Pat Shaul

This now is moving into a very long period of nothing new from We’re Related — nothing at all, in fact.   Not sure if this indicates another rebook on the part of Ancestry or what.   Stay tuned. I am.

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

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Pat Shaul

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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