Which member of the Grease cast are you most closely connected to?

Question

With the recent death of Olivia Newton-John, often remembered for her role of Sandy Olsson, we're featuring Grease cast members in the Connection Finder this week to honor her life.

Here are some of the cast members we have on WikiTree to check your connection to: 

• Frankie Avalon, "Teen Angel"
• Joan Blondell, "Vi"
• Stockard Channing, "Betty Rizzo"
• Jeff Conaway, "Kenickie Murdoch"
• Lorenzo Lamas, "Tom Chisum"
• John Travolta, "Danny Zuko"
• Dinah Manoff, "Marty Maraschino"
• Eve Arden, "Principal McGee"

Which one is most closely connected to you? If you're one of the 27.2 million of us who are connected to each other on our big tree you can check with the Connection Finder.

Special Feature: Check out how you're connected to other Notables, such as Grease, WikiTree Challenge 2022 Guest Stars, and Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire using the green MyConnections button in the upper right hand corner of these category pages.

Let us know how you're related 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. JRR Tolkien and Olivia Newton-John. Then just upload it along with the URL of your direct connection. (Please refrain from sharing your connection on the featured profiles themselves, though. It clutters conversations on research and collaboration. Thanks!)

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Answer 1

I am closest to Stockard Channing at 14 degrees and 6C1R.

Answer 2

I am related to two of the Grease cast!

1) Stockard "Betty Rizzo" Channing: 20 degrees and 18th cousins 2x removed

2) Jeff "Kenickie Murdoch" Conaway: 22 degrees and 21st cousins 2x removed

Other non-related Grease cast members:

20 degrees: Lorenzo Lamas; 21 degrees: Joan Blondell and Dinah Manoff; 22 degrees: John Travolta, Eunice West and Jan Hellier; 24 degrees: Olivia Newton-John; 25 degrees: Frankie Avalon

Answer 3

Steven is 

• 24 degrees from Joan Blondell
• 24 degrees from Stockard Channing
• 24 degrees from Jeff Conaway
• 26 degrees from Olivia Newton-John
• 26 degrees from John Travolta
• 26 degrees from Frankie Avalon
• 27 degrees from Lorenzo Lamas
• 28 degrees from Eunice West
• 30 degrees from Dinah Manoff
• and 29 degrees from our Member of the Week, Jan Hellier on our single family tree.

Answer 4

• Olivia Newton-John - 23 degrees
• Frankie Avalon - 25 degrees
• Joan Blondell - 20 degrees
• Stockard Channing - 11th cousins five times removed, 18 degrees
• Jeff Conaway - 24th cousins once removed, 21 degrees
• Lorenzo Lamas - 21 degrees
• John Travolta - 18 degrees
• Dinah Manoff - 23 degrees
• Eve Arden - 25 degrees

Answer 5

20 degrees to Lorenzo Lamas

21 degrees to Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta

22 degrees to Jeff Conaway