Samuel Reckford
Honor Code SignatorySigned 19 Jan 2017 | 1,731 contributions | 78 thank-yous | 1,192 connections
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Featured National Park champion connections: Samuel is 12 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 22 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 15 degrees from George Catlin, 16 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 24 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 13 degrees from George Grinnell, 26 degrees from Anton Kröller, 16 degrees from Stephen Mather, 23 degrees from Kara McKean, 19 degrees from John Muir, 12 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 26 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
We currently have two merges in process for Windsor-1 and additional merges for each of the children
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