Comments on: The Quick 10: 10 Famous People Related to Other Famous People http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:16:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Donna http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-488234 Donna Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:53 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-488234 I am a descendant of John Billington and Robert the Bruce. Cousins to James Garfield and the Bushes. Also Laura Ingalls Wilder. I am a descendant of John Billington and Robert the Bruce. Cousins to James Garfield and the Bushes. Also Laura Ingalls Wilder.

]]> By: Christine http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-374107 Christine Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:07:33 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-374107 I am a descendant of Anne & Mary Boleyn :) I am a descendant of Anne & Mary Boleyn :)

]]> By: Maya http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-133751 Maya Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:40:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-133751 I am 2nd cousins 5x times removed with General Custer. His grandfather is my Great X5 grandfather. I am 2nd cousins 5x times removed with General Custer. His grandfather is my Great X5 grandfather.

]]> By: Am Tessten http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-131869 Am Tessten Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-131869 My great-Grandfather on my dad's side was the theologian and baptist minister Walter Rauschenbusch. Richard Rorty, the Philosopher, is my cousin (we have Rauschenbusch as a common ancestor). My great-Grandmother remarried to Roger Nash Baldwin, of the ACLU fame (who is himself descended from Puritans). Through my great-Grandmother I am related to one of the first Governors of Connecticut, John Haynes, as well as Roger Sherman... which means I am distantly related to William Tecumseh Sherman, and that I share a common ancestor with none other than John Kerry and George Bush! I really got into my family's genealogy a few months ago, and I was surprised to find all of this information! I guess it is suiting for me though, I am a history major, after all! My great-Grandfather on my dad’s side was the theologian and baptist minister Walter Rauschenbusch. Richard Rorty, the Philosopher, is my cousin (we have Rauschenbusch as a common ancestor). My great-Grandmother remarried to Roger Nash Baldwin, of the ACLU fame (who is himself descended from Puritans). Through my great-Grandmother I am related to one of the first Governors of Connecticut, John Haynes, as well as Roger Sherman… which means I am distantly related to William Tecumseh Sherman, and that I share a common ancestor with none other than John Kerry and George Bush!

I really got into my family’s genealogy a few months ago, and I was surprised to find all of this information! I guess it is suiting for me though, I am a history major, after all!

]]> By: Stephanie Davis http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-129981 Stephanie Davis Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-129981 John Wilkes Booth is my great granduncle... John Wilkes Booth is my great granduncle…

]]> By: Colby http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-129555 Colby Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:32:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-129555 On my mom's side, I'm related to the Adams family (the presidents, not the undead), and on my dad's side is Myles Standish. More recently on my dad's side is the civil war deserter that the novel Cold Mountain is loosely based on. On my mom’s side, I’m related to the Adams family (the presidents, not the undead), and on my dad’s side is Myles Standish.

More recently on my dad’s side is the civil war deserter that the novel Cold Mountain is loosely based on.

]]> By: Rachel G http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-129345 Rachel G Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:09:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-129345 Johnny Cat we might be related cause Robert E. Lee is an ancestor of mine too. Also Martha Washington. Johnny Cat we might be related cause Robert E. Lee is an ancestor of mine too. Also Martha Washington.

]]> By: Kate http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-129217 Kate Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:13:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-129217 My cousin's mother-in-law is Jane Alexander. That's about it, though. My dad's parents and all of my mom's grandparents came from Ireland, and I have no idea what kind of ancestors I might have had over there! :) My cousin’s mother-in-law is Jane Alexander. That’s about it, though. My dad’s parents and all of my mom’s grandparents came from Ireland, and I have no idea what kind of ancestors I might have had over there! :)

]]> By: Eden http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-129145 Eden Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:18:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-129145 I'm related to Lincoln too and my peeps came from Northern England before the Mayflower (beat that, Richard Gere). I’m related to Lincoln too and my peeps came from Northern England before the Mayflower (beat that, Richard Gere).

]]> By: tw http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154/comment-page-2#comment-129099 tw Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:19:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23154#comment-129099 I am also related to Captain James Cook. (according to everyone in my family) I am also related to Captain James Cook. (according to everyone in my family)

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