I have found a new hobby recently, Genealogy. I have traced my family tree back to the 10th Century. I have found out some really interesting thing about my family in the process. I most interesting thing is the famous people I am related to. You can see who they are below.
Joan Crawford - (1905 - 1977) American Actress - 5th Cousin 3 times removed
* Films Our Dancing Daughters and Mildred Pierce.
Claudia Taylor Johnson (1912 - ) First Lady - 6th Cousin 2 times removed
* Commonly know as Lady Bird Johnson
* Influential in promoting the Highway Beautification Act
* Advocate for the Head Start Program
Frank James - American Outlaw (1843 - 1915) - 6th Cousin 3 times removed
* Older Brother to Jesse James
Millard Fillmore (1800 - 1874) - 13th U.S. President - 4th Cousin 7 times removed
* Signed the Compromise of 1850 in an effort to avoid Civil War.
William Lamb (1779 - 1848) - English Politician - 6th Cousin 5 times removed
* 2nd Viscount Melbourne
* Prime Minister in 1834 and 1835 - 1841
* Mentor to Queen Victoria
* Melbourne, Australia is named for him
William Avery "Bill" Bishop (1894 - 1956) Military - 7th Cousin 4 times removed
* Canadian World War I flying ace
George Herbert Walker Bush (1924 - ) 41st U.S. President - 8th Cousin 2 times removed
* Leading the U.N. Coalition in the Gulf War
Edward "Ned" Kelly (1854 - 1880) Outlaw - 9th Cousin
* Most Famous Australian bushranger of the 19th Century
Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (1860 - 1914) First Lady - 7th Cousin 4 times removed
* First Wife to President Woodrow Wilson
Daniel Wesson (1825 - 1906) Gun Company Owner - 5th Cousin 8 times removed
* Partnered with Horace Smith and formed the company Smith and Wesson
* Developed the first repeating rifle, the Volcanic rifle
Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964) Vicountess of Britain - 8th Cousin 2 times removed
* First woman to serve in the British House of Commons
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817) - English Author - 6th Cousin 7 times removed
* wrote: Pride ad Prejudice and Emma
George Walker Bush (1946 - ) Current President - 9th Cousin 1 time removed
* Declared a global war on Terrorism and the overthrow of the Taliban
* Adopted the No Child Left Behind Act
James Dean (1931-1955) American Actor - 9th Cousin 1 time removed
* Movies: Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and Giant
Tom Ketchum (1863-1901) American Outlaw - 8th Cousin 3 times removed
* Cowboy turned robber; executed in 1901
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (1788 - 1852) First Lady - 6th Cousin 7 times removed
* Wife of President Zachary Taylor
Richard Bedford Bennett (1870 - 1947) Former Prime Minister - 8th Cousin 3 times removed
* First Canadian Prime Minister to be a member of the House of Lords
Pretty Boy Floyd (1904 - 1934) American Outlaw - 9th Cousin 1 time removed
* Robbed to many banks in the 1930's that there was a $56,000 reward on his head
John Ledyard (1751 - 1789) American Explore - 6th Cousin 7 times removed
* Assisted Captain James Cook in the discovery of Hawaii
William Holden (1918 - 1981) American Actor - 9th Cousin 2 times removed
* Typecasted as Hollywood's "Golden Boy"
* Movies: Sunset Blvd.,Bridge on the River Kwai, and his Academy Award winning performance in Stalag 17.
Rudy Dee (1924- ) American Actress - 9th Cousin 2 times removed
* Films: A Raisin in the Sun and The Jackie Robinson Story
* Heavily involved in the Civil Rights movement
John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963) - 35th U.S. President - 8th Cousin 4 times removed
* Icon of American Liberalism
* He saw the beginnings of racial intergration
* Space Race
* Cuban Missile Crisis
Florence Kling Harding (1860 - 1924) First Lady - 8th Cousin 4 times removed
* Wife of President Warren G. Harding
John F. Kennedy, Jr. (1960 - 1999) American Icon - 9th Cousin 3 times removed
* Lawyer
* Journalist
* Socialite
* Publisher
Humphry Davy (1778 - 1829) English Inventor - 8th Cousin 5 times removed
* English Chemist
* Invented the First Electric Light
* He is also credited with the isolation of many elements through a process we call eletrolysis
Caesar Rodney (1728 - 1784) Delaware Representative - 6th Cousin 9 times removed
* Signed the Declaration of Independence as a Delaware Representative
* Member of the Continental Congress and President of Delaware during the Revolutionary War
Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996) British Inventor - 10th Cousin 1 time removed
*Introduced his plans to create a jet engine
Jacqueline Kennedy (1929 - 1994) First Lady - 11th Cousin
* Married to John F. Kennedy
* She is an icon of Fashion, Grace, and Glamour
Byron White (1917 - 2002) Football Star and Supreme Court Justice - 10th Cousin 2 times removed
* Nicknamed Whizzer during his football days for the University of Colorado Buffaloes
* Played for the Steelers
Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963) English Author - 11th Cousin 3 times removed
* Wrote the novels: Brave New World and Time Must Have a Stop.
Button Gwinnett (1735? - 1777) Georgia Representative - 9th Cousin 8 times removed
* Signer of the Declaration of Independence
* Has a Georgia county named for him
Elizabeth Browning (1806 - 1861) English Author and Poet - 11th Cousin 4 times removed
* Penned "How do I love thee" Let me count the ways"
* One of the most respected writers of the Victorian era.
