Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1933 for his work in genetics. The units of genetic distance, the morgan and the centimorgan, are named after him.
He had some distinguished ancestors:
He and Tennessee Williams are third cousins, 1x removed. He and J. P. Morgan are 5th cousins, 2x removed.
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Thomas is 18 degrees from Herbert Adair, 18 degrees from Richard Adams, 19 degrees from Mel Blanc, 22 degrees from Dick Bruna, 21 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 33 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 20 degrees from Sam Edwards, 18 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 21 degrees from Marty Krofft, 16 degrees from Junius Matthews, 13 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 20 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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