Which news broadcaster are you most closely connected to?

Question

This week's Example Profile of the Week is Larry King, legendary TV and radio news broadcaster, who passed away last week at age 87.

Featured alongside him are other notable news broadcasters:

• Walter Cronkite
• Edward Murrow
• Peter Jennings
• Cokie Roberts
• Frank McGee
• Chet Huntley
• Léon Zitrone
• Ed Bradley

Who are you most closely connected to? If you're one of the 21,545,000 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 the upcoming Super Bowl!

Comments

OK, I think I have heard the name Walter Kronkite, without really knowing what he does or did.  But look here, dear chaps - there is a world outside the USA, despite recent, shall we say 'notable', efforts to disavow that fact.  This and similar recent connection lists are completely and utterly irrelevant to my ancestry,  and, I suspect to most people this side of the Azores...

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Hello David,

This particular week's feature was put together slightly differently in order to act on Mr. King's recent death. These weekly features serve purposes beyond fun exercises for WikiTreers, and those other purposes help keep WikiTree free for everyone, thus it is important to act on current events when we can.

In setting up this one, the Team looked for non-Americans to feature, but all those that were in categories or on lists from internet searches were not connected. If you'd like to see more non-Americans, make sure your favorite Notables are connected and have nice profiles, as well as appropriate categories so they can be found. Participate in planning discussions, too.

There is a lot that goes into each week's choices. As an American company, we'll never get away from US-specific features, but we do try to make sure to include as many other countries and ethnicities as we can and are appropriate.

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David, the Team members who set up these connection target lists normally work pretty hard to diversify the collections. Candidates must have better-than-minimal profiles, images that are copyright-free or appropriately licensed for use here, and a connection to the big tree. When the profile of a notable of any nationality meets these qualifications, it is almost always because one or more individual members  made a focused effort. (You, too, can contribute! The plan for next week is to feature U.S. football, but perhaps there is an Australian footballer or two who could be featured alongside.)

I imagine that this particular connection target list was set up in a pretty big hurry, since Larry King died just a few days ago, so there was less time than usual to find a diverse collection. There is, however, one non-North American on the list: Léon Zitrone.

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Cokie Roberts - 10th c 1x

Frank McGee - 11th c 2x

Answer 1

20 degrees from Chester Robert Huntley, 22nd cousins once removed, MRCA Roger III (Mortimer) de Mortimer, Mortimer-605

20 degrees from Edward R. Murrow, 15th cousins once removed, MRCA Humphrey Hill, Hill-1170

20 degrees from Walter Cronkite

21 degrees from Frank McGee, 17th cousins, MRCA Randle Mainwaring, Mainwaring-11

22 degrees from Cokie Roberts, 17th cousins once removed, MRCA William Mallory, Mallory-8

23 degrees from Peter Jennings

23 degrees from Edward Bradley Jr.

25 degrees from Larry King

  Lawrence Harvey (Larry) "Larry" King formerly Zeigler; his wife, 24 degrees from Alene (Akins) King, Akins-988, 16th cousins once removed, MRCA Randle Mainwaring, Mainwaring-11

36 degrees from Léon Zitrone

Answer 2

E. is 24 degrees from Larry King, 25 degrees from Edward Bradley, 23 degrees from Walter Cronkite, 20 degrees from Chester Robert Huntley, 25 degrees from Peter Jennings, 23 degrees from Frank McGee, 22 degrees from Edward R. Murrow, 21 degrees from Cokie Roberts, 36 degrees from Léon Zitrone and 18 degrees from Joelle Colville-Hanson

Answer 3

In addition to the degree relationships listed below, I am apparently 

• 10th cousins with Walter Cronkite
• 18th cousins with Edward R. Murrow
• 14th cousins with Cokie Roberts
• 22 degrees from Larry King, 
• 25 degrees from Edward Bradley, 
• 20 degrees from Walter Cronkite, 
• 19 degrees from Chester Robert Huntley, 
• 25 degrees from Peter Jennings, 
• 22 degrees from Frank McGee, 
• 20 degrees from Edward R. Murrow, 
• 21 degrees from Cokie Roberts, 
• 36 degrees from Léon Zitrone and 
• 19 degrees from Joelle Colville-Hanson