On my mom's side of the family I'm Kiefer and Donald Sutherland's 6th cousin and on my dad's side of the family, one of my great uncles is Andrew Johnson.
2007-06-09 08:56:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Actually because of Adam and Eve, you and I are related to everyone, including famous people. Isn't that cool?!
2007-06-09 09:01:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
How close of a relation does it have to be to count? Without the aid of Ancestry.com, I can come up with Jim Backus (Thurston Howell, III), Red Skelton, and George "Spanky" McFarland (of the "Little Rascals") from my mom's side-of-the-family.
On my dad's side, Tom Connally, a Texas Senate who was the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee during World War II, is a great uncle, and George Connally (a 1920s and 30s Chicago Whitesox player) and Texas Governor John Connally are second cousins. Two of my grandfather's sisters married Connallys. In case you're wondering, I'm from Texas.
2007-06-09 13:00:17 · answer #2 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, I have people like:
Ransom Olds (the Oldsmobile)
Frank Winfield Woolworth (Woolworth five and dime)
Jefferson Finis Davis (President of the Confederate States of America)
Edward I, II, III
Richard I, II, III
William I, II
Carolus Magnus (Charles the Great, Charlemagne)
Pepin III (King of the Franks from 751 to 768)
Pippin (originally Carloman, king of Italy from 781-810)
And these are just some of the ones that I can verify.
2007-06-09 16:00:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Distant cousin of Jackie Gleason and Walt Whitman and Clement Clarke Moore (he wrote 'The Night Before Christmas').
Descended from Owen Glendower, Edward I, and assorted medieval folks like Charlemagne.
2007-06-09 12:18:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On my fathers side of the family, Im the super cusion (I dont know how far) of the Mudd family. Dr. Mudd was the controverical doctor who refused to listen when told that he was not to treat Booth after he had killed the president and was injured in his escape.
Cool? Not really, but hey.
Oh, and someone else on my dads side is in he baseball hall of fame. (Dickie Johnson or something of that sort)
2007-06-09 09:01:03 · answer #5 · answered by thatguy04 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, anyone around as long as these families would be. I am some way or another related to most US Presidents, their wives, and a whole slew well-known in arts and sciences. So what?
Grandmother told me who we were (on her side) back when I was little, and that we were nobody important, just farmers. She knew.
2007-06-09 09:39:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Gene Hackman (actor, & the voice of the Lowe's commercials)...1st cousin, three times removed.
2007-06-10 15:00:23 · answer #7 · answered by fartmongers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
At least a distant relative to some reggae guy that was Bob Marley's singing partner.
2007-06-09 08:59:27 · answer #8 · answered by Lisa D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my husband is distant cousins with Jamie Farr- MASH. And my maiden name is Harrelson, so I have to somehow be related to Woody Harrelson since it's not a very common name!!!
2007-06-09 09:06:52 · answer #9 · answered by florida-native 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm related to Davy Crockett, who died at the Alamo, through my great-grandma.
2007-06-09 09:24:18 · answer #10 · answered by anniesmom228 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My half-aunt's cousin is John Edwards, that lame TV talk-to-the-dead guy.
2007-06-09 09:00:43 · answer #11 · answered by K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋