Which military hero are you most closely connected to?

Question

In honor of Memorial Day in the US, this week we're featuring military heroes, like Violette Szabo, in the Connection Finder.

Featured alongside her are more heroes to served their country well:

• Noor Inayat-Khan
• Benjamin Davis
• Karel Doorman
• Sadao Munemori
• Nancy Wake Forward
• Douglas Bader
• Billy Bishop
• Carl Gorman
• Hellmuth von Moltke
• John Kirkpatrick

Who are you most closely connected to? If you're one of the 22,621,000 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. Violette Szabo and John Kirkpatrick. 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: Twentieth Century Artists!

Comments

19 degrees from Noor Inayat-Kahn

20 degrees from Billy Bishop and Carl Gorman

24 degrees from Nancy Wake Forward and Douglas Bader

27 degrees from Benjamin Davis and Karel Doorman

29 degrees from Sadao Munemori

31 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke

38 degrees from Violette Szabo

40 degrees from John Kirkpatrick

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19 degrees from Bishop due to the fact my grandmother trout and family are connected to some any English families from the earlier Colonial. Bound to find our British relatives thanks to Mom

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I am 20 degree's from: Billy Bishop; Carl Gorman and Noor Inayat-Khan.

Answer 1

I am most closely connected to Noor Inayat-Khan at 21 degrees of separation.

• 21 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan
• 22 degrees from Billy Bishop • 14C4R
• 23 degrees from Carl Gorman
• 24 degrees from Benjamin Davis
• 25 degrees from Nancy Forward
• 26 degrees from Karel Wilem Frederik Marie Doorman
• 27 degrees from Sadao Munemori
• 27 degrees from Douglas Bader
• 29 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke
• 36 degrees from John Kirkpatrick
• 37 degrees from Violette Szabó

Comments

Noor is my 8th cousin, 1 times removed.  It totally floored me because I didn't expect a cousin relationship from any of these War heroes.

Answer 2

39 degrees from Violette Szabo.

24 degrees from Douglas Bader.

21 degrees from Billy Bishop. 14th cousin. MRCA Thomas Golding (1435 - 1505).

25 degrees from Benjamin Davis.

30 degrees from Karel Wilem Frederik Marie Doorman.

22 degrees from Carl Gorman.

17 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan.

41 degrees from John Kirkpatrick.

28 degrees from Sadao Munemori.

28 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke.

21 degrees from Nancy Forward.

Answer 3

Woohoo as I just connected my tree to the global tree, this is the first time I'm able to participate in one of these threads! For now I only connected one branch, and the closest person I'm connected to didn't create myself is at 15 degrees of separations. So for now, all of my connection paths are pretty long and they all go through him. This gives me:

• 36 degrees from Billy Bishop
• 36 degrees from Carl Gorman
• 37 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan
• 37 degrees from Nancy Wake Forward
• 39 degrees from Douglas Bader
• 43 degrees from Benjamin Davis
• 43 degrees from Sadao Munemori
• 43 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke
• 46 degrees from Karel Doorman
• 54 degrees from Violette Szabo
• 55 degrees from John Kirkpatrick

But much closer, my own military hero is my grandfather who earned the Médaille de la Résistance and the Légion d'Honneur! I should really write him a proper bio.

Comments

A connection is still a connection, so welcome to the Global Tree! :)

Answer 4

The only name on this list that I recognized is Douglas Bader, but my closest connection (18 deg) is with Nancy Forward. Of course I had heard of Simpson and his donkey, but not the change of name.

Answer 5

I am most closely connected to Nancy Wake Forward at 20 degrees.

Answer 6

17 degrees from Nancy Forward
21 degrees from Billy Bishop (10th cousins, 3x removed)
21 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan
23 degrees from Douglas Bader
23 degrees from Carl Gorman
26 degrees from Benjamin Davis
30 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke
31 degrees from Karel Wilem Frederik Marie Doorman
32 degrees from Sadao Munemori
39 degrees from Violette Szabó
41 degrees from John Kirkpatrick

Answer 7

I'm 19 degrees from Billy Bishop, 19th cousin, once removed.

Comments

I'm closest related to him too. 20 degrees, 16th cousin, 2x removed

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Me too. I'm 19 degrees and 8th cousins, 3x removed.

Answer 8

Billy Bishop is just 15 degrees away, and also an 8th cousin twice removed.  The MRCA is Roger Billings.

Noor Inayat-Khan is reasonably close at 19 degrees, but most of the others are closer to 30 or 40 steps away.

Answer 9

I haven't heard about any of these military heroes before and really enjoyed reading about them. It was also a surprise to find that [[Bishop-4195|William Avery Bishop]] is a 14th degree connection & 9th cousin 3x removed, the MRCA is [[Loomis-65|Joseph Loomis]].

• Carl Gorman - 22 Degrees
• Noor-un-Nisa Inayat-Khan - 22 Degrees
• Douglas Bader - 23 Degrees
• Nancy Forward - 23 Degrees
• Benjamin Davis - 29 Degrees
• Karel Wilem Frederik Marie Doorman - 30 Degrees
• Sadao Munemori - 31 Degrees
• Hellmuth von Moltke - 31 Degrees
• John Kirkpatrick - 38 Degrees
• Violette Szabo - 39 Degrees

Answer 10

Billy Bishop - 13th Cousin 2x removed

Answer 11

18 degrees from William Avery (Billy) Bishop, Bishop-4195, 13th cousins once removed, MRCA Robert Tailboys  Tailboys-39

20 degrees from Carl Gorman

21 degrees from Nancy Wake Forward

21 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan

27 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke

28 degrees from Benjamin Davis

28 degrees from Douglas Bader

29 degrees from Sadao Munemori

30 degrees from Karel Doorman

37 degrees from John Kirkpatrick

38 degrees from Violette Szabo

Answer 12

14 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan

Answer 13

Billy Bishop: 16 degrees; 8th cousin 4x removed through MRCA John Bissell.

Answer 14

• Billy Bishop is 19 Degrees - 8th cousins 3x removed MRCA is [[Hawley-33|Joseph Hawley (abt.1603-1690)]]
• Carl Gorman is 19 Degrees
• Nancy Forward is 21 Degrees
• Noor Inayat-Khan is 23 Degrees
• Karel Wilem Frederik Marie Doorman is 28 Degrees
• Douglas Bader is 28 Degrees
• Benjamin Davis is 29 Degrees
• Hellmuth von Moltke is 29 Degrees
• Sadao Munemori is 31 Degrees
• John Kirkpatrick is 34 Degrees
• Violette Szabó is 38 Degrees

Answer 15

16 degrees from Nancy Wake.

Comments

Nancy is my closest, at 21 degrees — and it's only that short because in the last week I have been attaching profiles, to my older sibling, that have opened up brand new pathways.  I am so chuffed!  

(If I remove him from the mix, the path goes, as usual, up by way of my father's line.)

Answer 16

• 38 degrees from Violette Szabó
• 24 degrees from Douglas Bader
• 19 degrees from Billy Bishop (8th cousins, twice removed)
• 25 degrees from Benjamin Davis
• 28 degrees from Karel Wilem Frederik Marie Doorman
• 20 degrees from Carl Gorman
• 17 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan (no relation)
• 41 degrees from John Kirkpatrick
• 30 degrees from Sadao Munemori
• 29 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke
• 22 degrees from Nancy Forward
• 31 degrees from Neill Reed

Answer 17

Oh my goodness!!!!

My closest connection is Nancy Wake Forward - just 16 degrees!!!  AND she was a Kiwi!!

I had NO Idea!!!  Go KIWIS!!!!

Answer 18

It seems that I am closest to Billy Bishop.

You are 43 degrees from Violette Szabó, 29 degrees from Douglas Bader, 22 degrees from Billy Bishop, 30 degrees from Benjamin Davis, 32 degrees from Karel Wilem Frederik Marie Doorman, 24 degrees from Carl Gorman, 23 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan, 43 degrees from John Kirkpatrick, 33 degrees from Sadao Munemori, 32 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke, 27 degrees from Nancy Forward and 34 degrees from Neill Reed.

Answer 19

Looks like this week I'm closest to Billy Bishop at 20 degrees. And it looks like we're 12th cousins 3x removed. Connection runs through my Tichenor lines, but the relationship runs through my Berryman/Blakiston lines.

Scott is 38 degrees from Violette Szabó, 24 degrees from Douglas Bader, 20 degrees from Billy Bishop, 26 degrees from Benjamin Davis, 31 degrees from Karel Wilem Frederik Marie Doorman, 23 degrees from Carl Gorman, 21 degrees from Noor Inayat-Khan, 42 degrees from John Kirkpatrick, 28 degrees from Sadao Munemori, 29 degrees from Hellmuth von Moltke, 21 degrees from Nancy Forward

Answer 20

I'm most closely connected to Noor Inayat-Khan: 12 degrees, and she turns out to be my fifth cousin once removed.