Which ghost are you most closely connected to?

Question

In honor of the anniversary of her death, this week we're featuring Anne Boleyn, who is believed to haunt the Tower of London, in the Connection Finder.

Featured alongside her are other purported ghosts:

• Christopher Crawley, Monte Christo
• Peter Linders, De Kersteberg
• Brita Bååt, Ängsö Castle
• Lady Alice Lisle, Eclipse Inn, Winchester
• William Lemp, Lemp Brewery Bed & Breakfast, St. Louis
• Lady Dorothy Townshend, The Brown Lady of Raynham
• Julia Staab, La Posada de Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Kate Morgan, Hotel del Coronado, San Diego
• Evelyn McHale, The Empire State Building
• Empress Matilda, Mortemer Abbey

Who are you most closely connected to? If you're one of the 22,554,000 of us who are connected to each other on our big tree you can check with the Connection Finder.

You can 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! If you want to share your connection on social media with cousins and friends, click the "get shareable image" below the results, e.g. on this connection between Empress Matilda and Julia Staab. Then just upload it along with the URL of your direct connection. (Please refrain from sharing your connection on the featured profiles, though. It clutters conversations on research and collaboration. Thanks!)

P.S. Help us choose and improve profiles for next week's feature: Military Heroes!

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I am Anne Bolyen’s first cousin 15 times removed. 

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Empress Matilda is my 27th great grandmother. 

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She is my 27th Great-Grandmother too!

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My 28th great grandmother

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She's my 24th GGM :)

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Julia (Schuster) Staab - 18°
William Jacob Lemp Sr - 24°
Christopher William Crawley - 26°
Peter Johannes Linders - 36°

Alice (Beaconshaw) Lisle - 15° - 11th C 12xR
Anne Boleyn - 17° - 4th C 12xR
Katherine (Farmer) Morgan - 17° - 15th C
Dorothy (Walpole) Townshend - 18° - 6th C 9xR
Evelyn Frances McHale - 19° - 11th C 1xR
Brita (Gustavsdotter) Gustafsdotter - 24° - 15th C 12xR
Matilda (Normandie) of England - 25° - 23rd great grandmother

An oldie but a goodie, but since this was new in my feed...

I see patterns whenever I first see things due to my brain damage. 2 things jump out out at me with 1 ghost being the exception. First, all the female ghosts are related to me but for that exception, & all ghosts unrelated to me are males, but for that exception. And taking that exception even further, if she were related to me, her CC7 would be closer than either QEII (20°) or KB (19°).

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Empress Matilda is my 25th great grandmother. 26°

Anne Boleyn is my third cousin 16 times removed.  19°

Lady Alice Lisle is my 14th cousins 10 times removed. 16°

Answer 1

I am most closely connected to Anne Boleyn, Christopher Cawley and Alice Lisle at 25 degrees.

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Ann Boylne is my 3rd cousin x 15 like  but Maud is my 29 GGM

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Hey Daniel!  We are 17th cousins through our Howard line :)

Answer 2

Empress Matilda is my 28th great-grandmother.

And Anne Boleyn is my 4th cousin, 13 times removed.

Comments

I think it is awesome to see the similar connections from Maud & Ann.  Glad to connect with all you cousins!

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I'm similar. Empress Matilda is my 25th great-grandmother, and Anne Boleyn my 4th Cousin, 15x Removed

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Me too. Hi cousins!

Empress Matilda is my 26th great grandmother

Anne Boleyn is my 4th cousins 13 times removed

Lady Dorothy is also my 4^th cousin, 8 times removed

Lady Alice is my 12th cousins 11 times removed

Of my co-genealogists;

Christopher is my 10th cousin (through Christopher Wray)

Daniel is my 15^th cousin (through Robert Drury)

Karen is my 16^th cousin 3 times removed (through Brian Stapleton)

Cheryl is my 15th cousin (through Richard Neville)

Frank is my 16th cousin once removed (through William Herbert)

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All things being accurate:

Empress Matilda: 25th great-grandmother.

Anne Boleyn: 2nd cousin 16x removed. 

Lady Alice Lisle: 7th cousin 10x removed

Brita Baat: 16th cousin 13x removed

Lady Dorothy Townshend: 7th cousin 8x removed

Kate Morgan: 13th cousin 4x removed

Evelyn McHale: 9th cousin 1x removed

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Karen: 16th cousin 1x removed

Lynette: 13th cousin 2x removed

Teresa: 14th cousin 1x removed

Frank: 15th cousin

Kae-Leah: 10th cousin 3x removed

Kevin: 10th cousin 1x removed

Christopher: 10th cousin

The most interesting one of all is Cheryl: 3rd cousin

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How exciting, Cathy!  Hi Cousin!

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Cathy, I hope you had as much fun as I did going thru those relationships.

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Mathilda is my 25th great grandmother

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...thought I'd join in!  Christopher, you are my 10th cousin, 1X removed through our Briggs line :)

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Hello Kevin!  You are my 

16th cousins once removed

...through our Darcy line. :)

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Hey Frank, we are 9th Cousins, 1X removed through our Calloway (sp?) relations. :) cheers

Answer 3

Alice Lisle is closest at 17 degrees, 18th cousin, 8 times removed.

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In terms of degrees, I'm closest to Alice Lisle too at 17 degrees. She's my 7th cousin, 11x Removed.

Answer 4

I am most closely connected to Alice Lisle & Kate Morgan at 17 degrees of separation.

Ancestor:

• 27 degrees from Maud of England
  • 1 branch (28) • 25th great grandmother

Cousins:

• 17 degrees from Alice Lisle
  • 2 branches (3-15) • 11C10R
• 17 degrees from Kate Morgan
  • 4 branches (8-2-2-6) • 13C3R
• 18 degrees from Anne Boleyn
  • 1 branch (19) • 1C18R
• 19 degrees from Dorothy Townshend
  • 4 branches (3-4-8-5) • 5C9R
• 21 degrees from Evelyn McHale
  • 3 branches (7-7-8) • 21C1R
• 23 degrees from Brita Gustafsdotter
  • 3 branches (7-1-16) • 15C13R

No Relationship Found:

• 25 degrees from William Lemp
  • 8 branches (2-2-3-3-3-6-3-4)
• 28 degrees from Christopher Crawley
  • 6 branches (2-3-2-8-12-2)
• 30 degrees from Julia Staab
  • 10 branches (2-5-5-2-2-2-4-2-3-4)
• 39 degrees from Peter Linders
  • 9 branches (2-8-3-4-6-4-3-3-7)

Answer 5

14 degrees from Alice Lisle (9th cousins,  12x removed)
18 degrees from Kate Morgan (14th cousins, 3x removed)
19 degrees from Anne Boleyn (4th cousins, 16x removed)
19 degrees from Dorothy Townshend (7th cousins, 12x removed)
19 degrees from Kate Morgan (15th cousins, 4x removed)
20 degrees from Evelyn McHale (11th cousins, once removed)
23 degrees from Brita Gustafsdotter (16th cousins, 12x removed)
23 degrees from William Lemp
25 degrees from Julia Staab
27 degrees from Maud de Anjou (27th great grandmother)
27 degrees from Christopher Crawley
34 degrees from Peter Linders

Answer 6

Closest is Kate Morgan (5th cousin, 2x removed, through Joseph Edson of Bridgewater, MA).

• 13 degrees from Kate Morgan
• 14 degrees from Alice Lisle
• 14 degrees from Dorothy Townshend
• 18 degrees from Anne Boleyn
• 19 degrees from Evelyn McHale
• 19 degrees from Connie Graves
• 22 degrees from Brita Gustafsdotter
• 22 degrees from William Lemp
• 25 degrees from Christopher Crawley
• 26 degrees from Maud of England
• 26 degrees from Julia Staab
• 36 degrees from Peter Linders

Answer 7

Anne Boleyn, Alice Lisle, Kate Morgan and Evelyn McHale, all 20 degrees. 20 degrees from Anne Boleyn, 30 degrees from Christopher Crawley, 40 degrees from Peter Linders, 24 degrees from Brita Gustafsdotter, 20 degrees from Alice Lisle, 21 degrees from William Lemp, 22 degrees from Dorothy Townshend, 29 degrees from Julia Staab, 20 degrees from Kate Morgan, 20 degrees from Evelyn McHale, 29 degrees from Maud of England and 22 degrees from Connie Graves.

Answer 8

My closest is to Alice Lisle at 17, but my second-closest is to Anne Boleyn at 19, which I wasn't surprised by; my great-grandma Dorothy, who preceded me as the family historian, managed to trace our family's descent from Mary Boleyn, her sister, many years ago.

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Then you are my cousin, also, as I am a direct descendant of Mary Boleyn and her husband, Miles Cary.    I was named for the Cary family, as is the custom with family names in the South.    I have a second cousin named Miles Cary.   Send me a message.    I would love to know your line of descent.

Answer 9

14 degrees from Lady Dorothy Townsend and 6th cousins 8 times removed.   

 Dorothy (Walpole) Townshend and Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson are both descendants of Thomas Jermyn.

Answer 10

18 degrees from Anne Boleyn (blood to husband)

28 degrees from Christopher Crawley

33 degrees from Peter Linders

22 degrees from Brita Gustafsdotter

17 degrees from Alice Lisle

23 degrees from William Lemp, 

20 degrees from Dorothy Townshend, (1 marriage)

30 degrees from Julia Staab, 

19 degrees from Kate Morgan, (1 marriage)

21 degrees from Evelyn McHale, (1 marriage)

26 degrees from Maud of England (blood)

Answer 11

18 degrees from Ann Boleyn. 4th cousin 13 times removed. MRCA Thomas de Mowbray (abt 1367 - 1399).

24 degrees from Christopher Crawley.

38 degrees from Peter Linders.

24 degrees from Brita Gustafsdotter. 10th cousin 16 times removed. MRCA Birger Magnusson (aft 1207 - 1266).

16 degrees from Alice Lisle. 9th cousin 9 times removed. MRCA Galfrid Gilbert (abt 1298 - abt 1349).

24 degrees from William Lemp.

17 degrees from Dorothy Townshend. 9th cousin 7 times removed. MRCA William Herbert (1423 - 1469).

29 degrees from Julia Staab.

19 degrees from Kate Morgan. 15th cousin once removed. MRCA Isabella (Mowbray) Berkeley (abt 1396 - 1452).

21 degrees from Evelyn McHale. 19th cousin 3 times removed. MRCA Thebaud de Verdun (1228 -1316).

24 degrees from Maud of England. 28th great grandmother.

Answer 12

I had fun with this one.

18 degrees Anne Boleyn 2C 16R

25 degrees Christopher Crawley

38 degrees Peter Linders

25 degrees Brita Gustafsdotter  

17 degrees Alice Lisle

24 degrees William Lemp

18 degrees Dorothy Townshend 6C 10R

28 degrees Julia Staab

19 degrees Kate Morgan 18C 3R

21 degrees Evelyn McHale 18C 3R

25 degrees Maud of England 28ggm

17 degrees Connie Graves 9C 1R

16 degrees Will Graves, Connie's husband 14C

Answer 13

I am most closely connected to Alice Lisle, at 15 degrees. (She is also my 5th cousin, 13 times removed.)

Apparently, I am also related to a lot of ghosts!

Empress Matilda is my 27th great-grandmother.

Lady Dorothy Townshend is my 4th cousin, 8 times removed.

Anne Boleyn is my 4th cousin, 14 times removed.  (Her daughter, Queen Elizabeth I, is my 3rd cousin, 15 times removed, through her father's side.)

Kate Morgan is my 9th cousin, 3 times removed.

Evelyn McHale is my 12th cousin.

and Britta Baat is my 17th cousin, 12 times removed (with one uncertain link).

Answer 14

I'm 21 degrees from Anne Boleyn and Alice Lisle.

Answer 15

Hello everyone!

My closest connection is with Lady Alice Lisle, at 27 degrees.

Answer 16

18 degrees from Anne Boleyn

Answer 17

18 degrees from Anne Boleyn

27 degrees from Christopher Crawley

35 degrees from Peter Linders

20 degrees from Brita Gustafsdotter

14 degrees from  Alice Lisle

23 degrees from William Lemp

19 degrees from Dorothy Townshend

26 degrees from Julia Staab

17 degrees from Kate Morgan

21 degrees from Evelyn McHale

26 degrees from Maud of England, Normandie-40,  28th great grandmother

Answer 18

Anne Boleyn is my third cousin, 15 times removed- 18 degrees.

Dorothy Townsend- 19 degrees

Kate Morgan- 19 degrees

All the others were over 21 degrees.

Answer 19

Empress Matilda was my 27th great-grandmother, Anne Boleyn my 5th cousin, 14 times removed, and Dorothy Townshend my 9th cousin, 9 times removed.

Although not directly related, growing up in a suburb of St. Louis, my family frequently ate at the Lemp Mansion and once did the ghost tour they conduct. It's a beautiful home, but I didn't see any ghosts.

Answer 20

I am most closely connected to Alice Lisle, at 12 degrees. But it's through marriage, the husband of one of her g-g granddaughters.