Is anyone less tha 20 degrees from Henry Louis Gates?

Question

I am connected through 2 marriages for 20 degrees to Henry Louis Gates.

Comments

26 degrees, 3 marriages.  Closer to me than most African-American notables.

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What surprises me about my 28 degree connection to Dr Gates is that it goes through my mother, to my 3-greats Irish-born grandfather, to his English-born sister-in-law and so on.  I would have expected it to go through my American-born husband.  (His connection s 29 degrees.)

Answer 1

3 marriages and 25 degrees for me.

Answer 2

26 degrees

Answer 3

19 degrees through Eliza Jane Fowler marriage to Isaac Blosser.

Answer 4

21 degrees, 3 marriages.

Answer 5

I am 19 degrees from  Henry Louis Gates Jr. Hinebaugh-47