Which "It's All Relative" notable are you most closely connected to?

Question

This week's Example Profile of the Week is AJ Jacobs, author and human guinea pig, and first genealogy guest star in the 2021 WikiTree Challenge. 

Featured alongside him are some of the people he mentions in his book on family, It's All Relative:

• President George H.W. Bush

• Albert Einstein

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Alex Haley

• Ayn Rand

• Pocahontas

• Douglas Adams

• Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

Who are you most closely connected to? If you're one of the 21,357,000 of us who are connected to each other on our big tree you can check with the Connection Finder.

You can also check for shared ancestors with the Relationship Finder. Are you a cousin to any of them? Your Relationship Finder Quick Links page (see your profile pull-down menu under "Relationships") has quick links for several notable groups.

Let us know below!

P.S. Help us choose and improve profiles for next week's feature for cartoonists and animators!

Comments

George HW Bush 10th cousin 2x removed

Alex Haley 22nd cousin

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• Closest relative is George Bush
• 24 degrees from AJ Jacobs
• 33 degrees from Douglas Adams
• 39 degrees from Auguste Bartholdi
• 17 degrees from George Bush, 9th Cousins once removed 
• 36 degrees from Albert Einstein
• 23 degrees from Alex Haley, 14th Cousins
• 25 degrees from Martin King, 18th Cousins once removed 
• 20 degrees from Pocahontas Rolfe
• 25 degrees from Ayn Rand
• 26 degrees from Ben Molesworth

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19 degrees from President George H.W. Bush

33 degrees from Albert Einstein

18 degrees from Martin Luther King, Jr.

18 degrees from Alex Haley

22 degrees from Ayn Rand

17 degrees from Pocahontas

28 degrees from Douglas Adams

39 degrees from Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

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• 19 degrees from AJ Jacobs
• 29 degrees from Douglas Adams
• 35 degrees from Auguste Bartholdi
• 19 degrees from George Bush
• 34 degrees from Albert Einstein
• 22 degrees from Alex Haley
• 23 degrees from Martin King
• 17 degrees from Pocahontas Rolfe
• 23 degrees from Ayn Rand
• 24 degrees from Ben Molesworth

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Here are my top four:

• 20 degrees from Pocahontas Rolfe
• 21 degrees from AJ Jacobs
• 21 degrees from Ayn Rand
• 22 degrees from George Bush
• Quite a diverse group.

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have connections to them all per connection finder, the 2 closest being Pocahontas and George H.W. Bush at 22 (both of them).  None of them blood relations.

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• 19 degrees from Pocahontas Rolfe
• 24 degrees from AJ Jacobs
• 33 degrees from Douglas Adams
• 39 degrees from Auguste Bartholdi
• 20 degrees from George Bush
• 37 degrees from Albert Einstein
• 22 degrees from Alex Haley
• 22 degrees from Martin King
• 26 degrees from Ayn Rand
• 29 degrees from Ben Molesworth

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20 degrees from George Bush, 11th Cousins, Uncertain

25 degrees from Martin King, 16th Cousins 1X removed, Uncertain

21 degrees from Alex Haley, 18th Cousins, 3X removed, Uncertain

18 degrees from Pocahontas Rolfe

24 degrees from AJ Jacobs

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Martin and Jenn are 5th cousins twice removed.

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Pocahontas Rolfe 14  degrees

Answer 1

George H. W. Bush is my 9th cousin

Answer 2

Ancestors and Cousins:

17 degrees - Alex Haley (8th cousin, 1x) - MRCA - Catherine (Digges) Herndon
18 degrees - President George H.W. Bush (9th cousins) - MRCA - Thomas Burton Nelson
19 degrees - Martin Luther King Jr. (18th cousin, 1x) - MRCA - Henry Savile Esq.

Connections:

18 degrees - AJ Jacobs
18 degrees - Pocahontas Rolfe
22 degrees - Ayn Rand
26 degrees - Albert Einstein
27 degrees - Douglas Adams
30 degrees - Auguste Bartholdi

Answer 3

My closest connects are George Bush and Pocahontas with both at 19 degrees.

George Bush - 19 degrees (2 marriages) or 10th cousin 1xR

Albert Einstein - 26 degrees (4 marriages)

MLK Jr - 23 degrees (2 marriages) or 26th cousin 3xR

Alex Haley - 21 degrees (2 marriages)

Ayn Rand - 20 degrees (4 marriages)

Pocahontas - 19 degrees (2 marriages)

Douglas Adams - 27 degrees (4 marriages)

Frédéric Auguste Bartholi - 29 degrees (6 marriages)

Answer 4

20 degrees from Douglas Adams
22 degrees from Martin Luther King Jr
23 degrees from Pocahontas 
24 degrees from President George Bush
26 degrees from Alex Haley
29 degrees from Al Jacobs
30 degrees from Ayn Rand
33 degrees from Frederic Auguste Bartholdi 
35 degrees from Albert Einstein 
 

Answer 5

GHWB-11th cousin/18 degrees                                                 Pocahontas- 14 degrees

Answer 6

George and Christopher are 9th cousins

Martin and Christopher are 17th cousins three times removed

Alex and Christopher are 17th cousins four times removed

Answer 7

President George H.W. Bush - 16th cousins 2x removed

Martin Luther King, Jr. - 21st cousins 2x removed

Others:

16 degrees - Rebecca Wolf (Pocohontas)

18 degrees - Alex Haley

21 degrees - A.J. Jacobs

23 degrees - Ayn Rand

25 degrees - Douglas Adams

27 degrees - Albert Einstein

31 degrees - Frederic Auguste Bartholdi

Answer 8

Relations: 

• 18 Degrees from Rebecca Rolfe (paternal) (4-7-1-7)
• 20 Degrees from Alex Haley (maternal) (4-4-6-7)
• 21 Degrees from Martin King (paternal) (10-3-9)
• 21 Degrees from AJ Jacobs (maternal) (3-7-6-6)
• 25 Degrees from Ayn Rand (paternal) (1-2-2-9-4-8)
• 29 Degrees from Albert Einstein (paternal) (3-5-8-4-2-8)
• 31 Degrees from Auguste Bartholdi (maternal) (6-4-2-6-3-5-6)

Connections:

• 20 Degrees from George Bush
• 28 Degrees from Douglas Adams