Play this week's Thanksgiving Connection Checker's game!

Question

This week's Connection Checkers game features all things Thanksgiving! To play, first see which of these Thanksgiving-related notables is your closest family connection: 

• Governor William Bradford, leader of the colony at Plymouth in 1621 and Thanksgiving attendee
• First governor of California, Peter Burnett, celebrated the first American Thanksgiving in the state in 1850
• Lydia Child wrote the song "Over the River and Through the Woods"
• Juan de Oñate y Salazar and the rest of his expeditionary group celebrated a Thanksgiving in what is now Texas in 1598
• Present-day Nunavut is the site of the first North American Thanksgiving held by Sir Martin Frobisher and crew on May 27, 1578
• Sarah Hale had to petition a series of US Presidents before one agreed with her, President Abraham Lincoln, that the country needed a national Thanksgiving holiday
• Wampanoag Chief Massasoit, who sent an envoy to attend the first Thanksgiving held by pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in 1621
• In 1985, President Ronald Reagan was the first to pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Congressional resolution that the fourth Thursday in November should be the official date of the US Thanksgiving holiday
• Isidor Straus and his brother Nathan were the owners of Macy's Department store when the Ragamuffin Day parade, soon after known as the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, was instituted featuring balloon puppets of the talented Tony Sarg (who needs a WikiTree profile!)
• The Plymouth Thanksgiving celebration featured food prepared by the women of the colony, including Goodwife Susanna Winslow
• Another early American colonial Thanksgiving was held at Berkely Plantation under the leadership of Captain John Woodlief

Second, attempt to verify your connection to one of them. In seven days (December 3), three players will be declared the winners and entered in the Connection Checkers Hall of Fame:

1. The player who has the shortest verified path to one of the connections.
2. The player who has the longest verified path to one of the connections.
3. The player who verifies the most individual connection steps for themselves and by helping others. [current scores]

Please join us, even if you don't know where to begin. Start by simply posting an answer below saying which connection you'll try to verify. Then post updates as comments on your answer. If you get stuck, ask a question and others may be able to help. [more information]

P.S. Help us with our game show hosts feature for next week.

Comments

Here are the winners for last week's Mice Connection Checkers Game:

1. Shortest path verified: Frank Blankenship to Walter Elias Disney (14 Steps)
2. Longest path verified:  Kari (Nilsen) Undbekken to Johann Mendel   (35 Steps)
3. Most steps verified:  Jean (Hannaford) Paradis (26 Steps)

Answer 1

I'm 14º away from several people this week.  And distantly related to some others, as well.  If I find time to verify any over the holiday week, I'll list them here later.

Comments

Hi Lyn!  Have a great holiday week.

Answer 2

Ooh, sooo many choices, and in such a busy week! I'll do as many as I can.

11 degrees from William Bradford

13 degrees from Lydia Child

13 degrees from Susanna Winslow 

15 degrees from Sarah Hale

16 degrees from Peter Burnett

16 degrees from Ronald Reagan

16 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt

18 degrees from John Woodlief

19 degrees from Martin Frobisher

20 degrees from Isidor Straus

24 degrees from Juan de Oñate y Salazar

25 degrees from Massasoit Wampanoag

Comments

William Bradford is my 9th great grandfather. Path is verified with caveat that sources for Grace, daughter of Zenas, are secondary. Will update if I find better source.

0: William Bradford

1: ↓ William Bradford (his son)

2: ↓ Israel Bradford (his son)

3: ↓ Ichabod Bradford (his son)

4: ↓ Elizabeth Bradford (his daughter)

5: ↓ Zenas Drinkwater (her son)

6: ↓ Grace Drinkwater (his daughter)

7: ↓ Grace Pendleton (her daughter)

8: ↓ Lester Wilson (her son)

9: ↓ Howard Wilson (his son)

10: ↓ Lois Wilson (his daughter)

11: ↓ Jean Hannaford (her daughter)

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Here is a fully Verified path from Lydia Francis, my 4th cousin four times removed.

0: Lydia Francis

1: ↑ Convers Francis (her father)

2: ↑ Lydia Converse (his mother)

3: ↑ James Converse (her father)

4: ↑ John Converse (his father)

5: ↔ Hannah Converse (his sister)

6: ↓ Edward Richardson (her son)

7: ↓ Barnabas Richardson (his son)

8: ↓ Abijah Richardson (his son)

9: ↓ Malachi Richardson (his son)

10: ↓ Emilie Richardson (his daughter)

11: ↓ Paul Hannaford (her son)

12: ↓ Francis Hannaford (his son)

13: ↓ Jean Hannaford (his daughter)

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Thanks for playing Connection Checkers this week, Jean.   11 degrees is a close one!

Answer 3

I am 15 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt (my 24th cousins three times remoed)

20 degrees from Peter Burnett (my 26th cousins twice removed).

20 degrees from William Bradford.

21 degrees from Susanne Winslow.

22 degrees from Lydia Child.

22 degrees from Martin Frobisher (my 18th cousins 10 times removed).

23 degrees from Sara Hale.

23 degrees from John Woodlief (my 18th cousins 9 times removed).

25 degrees from Isidor Straus.

26 degrees from Ronald Reagan.

31 degrees from Juan de Onatey Salazar.

34 degrees from Massasoit Wampanoag.

Comments

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I want to verify my 15th Degrees from Franklin   Roosevelt.

0. Frankelin Delano Roosevelt  (1882 - 1945) (my 24th cousins three times removed).

1.  his brother: James Roosevelt Jr.   (1854 - 1927) (my 24th cousins three times removed).

2. his wife: Helene Schermerhorn (Astor-4) Roosevelt (1858 - 1893) (my 25th cousins twice removed).

3. her sister: Emily (Astor-36) Van Alen (1854 - 1881) (my 25th cousins twice removed).

4. her son James Laurens Van Alen (1878 - 1929) (my 26th cousins once removed).

5. his wife: Margaret Louise (Post-892) Bruguiere (1876 - 1969).

6. her husband: Louis Sather Bruguiere (1882 - 1954) (my third cousins twice removed).

7. his mother: Josephine Frederikke Sather (1845 - 1915) (my second cousins three times removed).

8. her father: Peder (Pedersen)  Sather (1810 - 1886) (my first cousins four times removed).

9. his father: Peder Larsen Sæter (1768 - 1817) (l am his third great grand niece).

10. his brother: Lars Larsen (Sæter) Vettal (1774 - 1875) (my third great grandfather).

11. his daughter: Anne Larsdatter (Vettal) 1799 - 1875) (my second great grandmother ).

12. her son: Anton Gunerius Gulbrandsen (my great grandfather).

13. his daughter: Thea (my grandmother).

14. her son: Odd (my father).

15: his daughter: Me     -     Kari Lillian (Nilsen-785) U.

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Then l will verify my 34 Degrees from Massasoit Wampanoag.

0. Massasoit Wampanoag (ca.1577 - 1661).

1. his daughter: (Aimie) Mioneaime (Wampanoag) Assawamset (ca.1644 - 1676).

2. her son: Benjamin Tuspaquin Sr. (ca.1655 - 1728).

3. his son: Benjamin Tuspaquin Jr. (1670 - ).

4. his daughter: Lydia (Tuspaquin) Wamsley (ca.1740 - 1812).

5. her son: Henry Warmsley (ca.1760 - 1818)..

6. his daughter: Henrietta (Warmsley) Congdon (1786 - 1872).

7. her husband: Stephen Congdon (1792 - 1868).

8. his father: Absalon Congdon (1758 - ca.1840).

9. his brother: Cuff Congdon Jr. (1757 - ca.1814).

10. his son: Daniel Roswell Congdon (1791 - 1875).

11. his daughter: Huldah (Congdon) Miner (1821 - 1879).

12. her son: Willis Freeman Miner (1856 - 1936) (my 26th cousins once removed).

13. his daughter: Lucy Dora (Miner) Larkin (1893 - 1963) (my 27th cousins).

14. her husband:  George Russell Brown (1890 - 1919) (my 27th cousins).

15. his father: Daniel H. Brown (1849 - 1904) (my 26th cousins once removed).

16. his mother: Clarissa M. (Levee) Brown (ca.1820 - 1889).

17. her mother: Clarissa Powers  Levee (1790 - 1859).

18. her brother: Aaron Powers (1782 - 1862).

19. his son: Benjamin Abbot Powers (1816 - 1891).

20. his son: Catmack Powers (1852 - 1931).

21. his daughter: Rachel Isabelle (Powers) Kelly (1885 - 1965).

22. her daughter: Fern Lucille (Kelly) Loveness (1915 - 1985). (my 28th cousins three times removed).

23. her husband: Vinton Huber Loveness (1912 - 1979) (my fourth cousins twice removed).

24. his mother: Ina Augusta (Helgeson-83) Loveness (1874 - 1965) (my third cousins three times removed).

25. her father: Halvor Helgeson (1846 - 1920) (my second cousins four times removed).

26: his father: Helge Halvorsen (1797 - 1860) (my first cousins five times removed).

27. his father: Halvor Herbrandsen (1760 - 1831) (I am his fourth great grand niece).

28. his brother: Knut Herbrandsen (1764 - 1825) (my fourth great grandfather).

29. his son: Per (Peder) (Knutsen) Vestenfor (1792 -   1870) (my third great grandfather).

30. his daughter: Marte Pedersdatter Vestenfor (1826 - 1877) (my second great grandmother).

31. her daughter: Kari Sveinsdatter (my great Grandmother).

32. her daughter: Birgit (my grandmother).

33. her daughter: Karen  Soolveig (My Mother).

34. her daughter:  Me    -      Kari Lillian (Nilsen-758) U

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I am 26 Degrees from Ronald Reagan

0. Ronald Wilson Reagan (1911 - 2004).

1. his mother: Nelle Clyde (Wilson) Reagan (1883 - 1962).

2. her mother: Mary Ann (Elsey) Wilson (1843 - 1900).

3. her father: Robert Elsey (1812 - 1850).

4. his brother: (Henry Elsey) (1806 - 1847).

5. his son: Henry Elsey lll (1837 - 1920).

6. his wife: Clarinda Celeste (Spencer-38) Coe (1847 - 1942).

7. her father: Allen BenhamSpencer (1819 - 1914).

8. his sister: Clarinda Spencer (1829 - 1912).

9. her daughter: Fannie Amanda Cace (1813 - 1875).

10. her husband: Johan Franklin Michael  (1848 - 1927).

11. his sister: Harriet (Michael) Sarber (1834 - 1912).

12. her husband: Gabriel Sarber (1829 - 1893).

13. his brother: Emmanuel Sarber (1831 - 1918).

14. his daughter: Lucinda Jane (Sarber) Rubendall (1858 - 1916) (my 27th cousins once removed).

15. her son: Harrison Emanuel Rubendall (1878 - aft.1954) (my 28th cousins).

16. his wife: Emma Amdis (Ingebritson) Rubendall (1880 - 1959) (my 6th cousins once removed).

17. her mother: Mina Emilie (Gudbrandson) Ingebritson (1849 - 1928) (my fifth cousins twice removed).

18. her mother: Maren (Larsdatter) Gudbrandson (1806 - 1891).

19. her brother: Even (Larsen) Furuset (1785 - 1849).

20. his son: Lars Sigvart (Evensen) Stokstad (1817 - 1891) (my third cousins three times removed).

21. his daughter: Christine Sørine (Sigvartsdatter) Stokstad (1847 - 1931) (my fourth cousins twice removed).

22. her son: Jens (Frogner) Christiansen (1884 - 1967) (my fifth cousins once removed).

23. his son: Ole Frogner (1916 - 1993) (my 6th cousins).

24. his son: Terje Frogner (my 6th cousins once removed).

25. his wife: Toril Synnøve  (my sister) (6th cousins to her husband).

26. her sister: Me      -     Kari Lillian (Nilsen-785) U

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Then i want to verify my 20 Degrees from William Bradford

0. William Bradford (bef.1590 - 1657).

1. his son: William Bradford Jr. (1624 - 1704).

2. his son: David Bradford (1690 - 1730).

3. his wife: Elisabeth (Finney) Ludden (1695 - 1746).

4. her sister: Lydia (Phinney) Potter (1695 - 1770).

5. her daughter: Jemima (Potter) Gorham (1720 - 1866).

6. her son: Isaac Gorham (1749 - 1795).

7. his daughter: Ruth (Gorham) Holmes (1793 - 1881).

8. her daughter: Catherine (Holmes) Anthony (1824 - 1882).

9. her daughter: Rosalie DeWolf (Anthony) Post (1844 - 1929).

10. her daughter: Margaret Louise (Post) Bruguiere (1876 - 1969).

11. her husband: Louis Sather Bruguiere (1882 - 1954) (my third cousins twice removed).

12. his mother: Josephine Frederikke Sather (1845 - 1915) (my second cousins three times removed).

13. her father: Peder Pedersen Sather (1810 - 1886) (my first cousins four times removed).

14.his father: Peder Larsen Sæter (1768 - 1817) (l am his third great grand niece).

15. his brother: Lars Larsen (Sæter) Vettal (1774 - 1840) (my third great grandfather).

16. his daughter: Anne Larsdatter (Vettal) 1799 - 1875) (my second great grandmother).

17. her son: Anton Gunerius Gulbrandsen (my great grandfather).

18. his daughter: Thea (my grandmother).

19. her son: Odd (my father).

20. his daughter: Me      -       Kari Lillian (Nilsen-785) U.

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Wow, Kari!   15 degrees from Roosevelt.  You beat me by one degree.

Answer 4

Thanksgiving

13 Degrees William Bradford, Two branches (7-7). The connection is Verified.

13 Degrees Sarah Hale, Four branches (1-4-3-6)

14 Degrees Susanna Winslow, Three branches (3-2-10)

15 Degrees Lydia Child, Francis-8258, Four branches (1-3-4-8), 14c, 2r, Mrca(s) Grey-370, Bonville-3

16 Degrees President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt-1, Four branches (6-4-1-6), 12c, 2r, Mrca(s) Hilton-716, Thimbleby-5

16 Degrees Captain John Woodlief Senior, Woodlief-34, Three branches (2-2-13), 9c, 10r, Mrca Audley-130

16 Degrees Peter Burnett, Burnett-2359, Five branches (3-2-5-3-4), 17c, 3r, Mrca(s) Talboner-1, Thornhill-6

17 Degrees President Ronald Regan, Five branches (3-2-2-3-8), his 1st wife, Mayfield-341,, 10c, Mrca(s) Harding-353, Baldwin-268, his 2nd wife, Robbins-4, 13c, Mrca(s) Browne-196, Overton-42

18 Degrees Martin Frobisher, Frobisher-4, Three branches (1-5-13), 6c, 11r, Mrca(s) Gascoigne-24, Vaux-95, his wife, Wentworth-164, 4c, 12r, Mrca(s) Despenser-26, Wentworth-8

20 Degrees Isidor Straus, Six branches (3-2-2-4-2-8)

26 Degrees Chief Massasoit, Five branches (7-4-2-4-10)

27 Degrees Juan de Oñate y Salazar, Four branches (13-3-5-7)

Comments

This week, I'll try verifying Governor William Bradford's 13 Degrees Two Branches (7-7) connection.

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Thirteen family relationships connect Mildred Wheeler, Wheeler-18799, across 400 years to the First Thanksgiving in Plymouth in 1621 (in the personage of Governor William Bradford, Bradford-24

Governor William Bradford. Bradford-24 is 13 Degrees from Mildred Wheeler, with Two branches (7-7). Verified.

Branch 1: Bradford (5), Holmes (2)

Branch 2: Cobb (1), Wheeler (6)

0. Governor William Bradford, Bradford-24

1. his son, Major William Bradford Jr., Bradford-68

2. his son, Ephraim Bradford, Bradford-52, 12c, 8r, Mrca(s) Crosslegh-1, Wilbraham-16

3. his son, Simeon Bradford, Bradford-1686, 13c, 7r, Mrca(s) Crosslegh-1, Wilbraham-16

4. his daughter, Abigail (Bradford) Holmes, Bradford-12144, 14c, 6r, Mrca(s) Crosslegh-1, Wilbraham-16

5. her son, Harvey Holmes, Holmes-13622, 11c, 7r, Mrca(s) Spine-7, Throckmorton-6

6. his son, George Holmes, Holmes-20483, 12c, 6r, Mrca(s) Spine-7, Throckmorton-6

7. his wife, Elmina Cobb, Cobb-10962, 1st cousin, 3r, Mrca(s) Coburn-624, Wheeler-5195

8. her mother, Rhoda (Wheeler) Cobb, Wheeler-21683, 2nd great-grandaunt

9. her brother, Mr. Leonard Wheeler, Wheeler-18871, 2nd great-grandfather

10. his son, Mr. Edward Franklin Wheeler, Wheeler-18812, First great-grandfather

11. his son, Mr. Leonard Otto Wheeler, Wheeler-18807, grandfather

12. his son, Mr. William Keith Wheeler, Wheeler-18911, father

13. Mildred Lorraine Wheeler, Wheeler-18799 (me)

Mildred Wheeler is William Bradford's 4th great-grandson's wife's 1st cousin three times removed.

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Great job Mildred!

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Thank you

Answer 5

I'm choosing Peter Burnett, 11 degrees

0. Peter Burnett
1. Dorothy Hardeman (his mother)
2. Thomas Hardeman (her father)
3. John Hardeman (his brother)
4. Ann Collier (his wife)
5. William Collier (her brother)
6. William Collier (his son)
7. Vines Collier (his son)
8. Ottis Collier (his son)
9. Harry Collier (his son/my grandfather)
10. Carol Collier (his daughter/my mother)
11. Debra Adams (her daughter/me)

All are verified. Had to run down a few sources, which I added to the profiles. 
 

Comments

Thanks for adding sources to the profiles, Debra!   11 degrees is one of the lowest ones this week, so far.  Ready for another round of Connection Checkers?

Answer 6

THe farthest back in my file:

14   William Bradford [Joseph Rudd; I have his parents as Nathanial and Abigail Hartshorn Rudd, and Nathaniel's parents as Jonathan and Mary Metcalf Rudd]
14   Sarah Hale [Jane Emmons Knap]
15   Susanna Winslow [John Greene II]
16   Peter Burnett [John Hardeman, father of Uriah]
16   Ronald Reagan [Jane Burns Crone]
17   Lydia Child [Elizabeth Vincent]
17   Martin Frobisher [Margery Pert Weston]
17   John Woodlief [James Lindsey]
18   Franklin D Roosevelt [Elisha Freeman]
19   Isidor Straus and his brother Nathan [Daniel Vaughan]
25   Juan de Oñate y Salazar [Sarah Dailey Saunders]
27   Massasoit [John Hazen]

I am mildly surprised at some of the connections.

Comments

PJ, you have me curious.   I had thought I might be closer to a few of them, like Roosevelt, but I was surprised I was not.

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Some of mine are just from having New England (mostly Rhode Island) ancestors.

The lines keep entwining, though: I can't split my tree into smaller files!

Answer 7

my connections are -

William Bradford 18 degrees *closest

Peter Burnett 22

Lydia Child 22

Juan de Onate 29

Martin Frobisher 24

Sarah Hale 21

Massasoit 31

Ronald Reagan 22

Franklin Roosevolt 22

Isidor Straus 23

Susanna Winslow 20

John Wodlief 23

I will try to verify my closest connections

Comments

David, we gave you a few long connections for Connection Checkers this week.  Thanks for working on a few of your closest.

Answer 8

There's a few I'd like to try and verify this week. I may try Juan first, as it goes through Kit Carson. Then maybe Bradford, one of my wife's great grandparents.

13 degrees from William Bradford
13 degrees from Peter Burnett
15 degrees from Susanna Winslow
17 degrees from Sarah Hale
17 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt
17 degrees from John Woodlief
18 degrees from Lydia Child
19 degrees from Ronald Reagan
19 degrees from Martin Frobisher
21 degrees from Isidor Straus
28 degrees from Juan de Oñate y Salazar
28 degrees from Massasoit Wampanoag

Comments

Steve, that is a really cool step on the connection path to Juan!  I am now curious how I connect to him.  Pop back in and let us know how the verifying goes.

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Verified to William Bradford

0 William Bradford
1 William Bradford (his son)
2 Alice Bradford (his daughter)
3 Elizabeth Adams (her daughter)
4 Samuel Whiting (her son)
5 Seymour Whiting (his son)
6 Seymour Whiting (his son)
7 Cornelia Whiting (his daughter)
8 Cornelia Ely (her daughter)
9 Jennie Brodhead (her daughter)
10 Stuart Linderman (her son)
11 private (their child)
12 private (their child)
13 me (their spouse)

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Verified to Peter Burnett

0 Peter Burnett
1 Dorothy Hardeman (his mother)
2 Thomas Hardeman (her father)
3 Dorothy Hardeman (his sister)
4 Glenn Owen (her husband)
5 George Owen (his brother)
6 Mary Owen (his daughter)
7 William Brown (her husband)
8 Moses Brown (his brother)
9 Sarah Brown (his daughter)
10 John Hatchett (her son)
11 Julius Hatchett (his son)
12 George Hatchett (his son)
13 me (his son)

Answer 9

13 William Bradford

17 Peter Burnell

14 Lydia Child

25 Juan Salazar

19 Martin Frobisher

13 Sarah Hale

27 Chief Massasoit

16 Ronald Reagan

16 Franklin D. Roosevelt

21 Isidor Straus

13 Susannah Winslow

19 John Woodlief

Comments

Janice, congrats on having two 13 degree connections!  Did you want play Connection Checkers this week and verify the steps on the connection path.

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I would but don’t what I’m to do. Have never done it before. J

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Hi Janice!  I can help get you started on this fun weekly challenge.  The instructions are also listed here.

All the way at the bottom of your profile is a list of the "weekly featured connections".  It shows the degree (number of profiles) you are from each featured profile.

To get started, you can click on one of the degree links and it will show your connection path to that profiled person.  For example, you are 13 degrees from Sarah Buell Hale.

Then you check each profile in the steps to the featured profile to make sure they are sourced with a source that matches the relationships.  In Sarah's example, you would need to check to make sure there is proof/sources to verify her mother, Martha, since she is your first stop on the Connection Path.  Then you check out the sources that can connect Martha to her father, Joseph, and so on.

Once you have verified each profile along the way has proper sources (feel free to do any additional cleanup), then come back to this message, click on reply and share the connection path that you verified.

Here is your personal list, this week:

Thanksgiving

Susanna Winslow 13 degrees

Sarah Hale 13 degrees

William Bradford 13 degrees

Lydia Child 14 degrees

Franklin Roosevelt 16 degrees

Ronald Reagan 16 degrees

Peter Burnett 17 degrees

John Woodlief 19 degrees

Martin Frobisher 19 degrees

Isidor Straus 21 degrees

Juan de Oñate y Salazar 25 degrees

Massasoit Wampanoag 27 degrees

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Is this what you are looking for.  I am sure I sound uninformed but not sure this is what you want!!

0. Martha Whittelsey
   (her mother) →
1. ✖Joseph Whittlesey
   (her father) →
2. ✖Lydia Jones
   (his wife) →
3. ✖Gideon Jones
   (her father) →
4. ✖Martha Jones
   (his sister) →
5. ✖Jedediah Bushnell
   (her son) →
6. ✖Deborah Giddings
   (his wife) →
7. ✖Niles Giddings
   (her brother) →
8. ✖John Giddings
   (his son) →
9. ✖Theodore Giddings
   (his son) →
10. ✖Kathryn Giddings
    (his daughter) →
11. ✖Lillian Ellis
    (her daughter) →
12. Janice Blackburn
    (her daughter) 

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That will work, Janice!   Did you also check each profile to make sure they were sourced with a source to connect them together?  If so, when you post here, just say "Verified" with your list.

Answer 10

Ancestors and Cousins:

16 degrees - President Franklin D. Roosevelt - (7C, 4xR)
16 degrees - Lydia Child - (15C, 4xR)
16 degrees - Peter Burnett - (19C, 5xR)
18 degrees - Captain John Woodlief - (10C, 10xR)
20 degrees - Martin Frobisher - (10C, 11xR)

Connections:

15 degrees - William Bradford
15 degrees - Susanna Winslow
17 degrees - Sarah Hale
19 degrees - President Ronald Reagan
19 degrees - Isidor Straus
25 degrees - Chief Massasoit
27 degrees - Juan de Oñate y Salazar

I'll work on connections later this week.

Comments

Franklin D. Roosevelt - verified

2 Branches: (1-16)
Branch 1: Roosevelt (1)
Branch 2: Roosevelt (3), Barnhill (2), Craig (2), Barclay (1), Hufty (1), Moredock (1), Worthington (5), Sayers-Howell (1)

0. Franklin D. Roosevelt - 7C, 4xR
1. = Eleanor Roosevelt - (his wife) - 5C, 4xR
2. ↑ Elliott Roosevelt - (her father) - 4C, 5xR
3. ↑ Theodore Roosevelt Sr. - (his father) - 3C, 6xR
4. ↑ Margaret Barnhill - (his mother) - 2C, 7xR
5. ↑ Robert Craig Barnhill - (her father) - 1C, 8xR
6. ↑ Sarah Craig - (his mother) - 7th great grandaunt
7. ↔ Margaret Craig - (her sister) - 7th great grandmother
8. ↓ Sarah Barclay - (her daughter) - 6th great grandmother
9. ↓ Margaret Hufty - (her daughter) - 5th great grandmother
10. ↓ Mary Moredock - (her daughter) - 4th great grandmother
11. ↓ Eli Murdock Worthington - (her son) - 3rd great grandfather
12. ↓ Commodore Worthington - (his son) - 2nd great grandfather
13. ↓ Philip Worthington - (his son) - great grandfather
14. ↓ Arthur Worthington - (his son) - grandfather
15. ↓ Joan Worthington - (his daughter) - mother
16. ↓ Shonda Sayers-Howell - (her daughter)

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Thanks Shonda!  Franklin Roosevelt is my first to verify this week.  Pop back in and let us know how the verifying goes.

Answer 11

Relatives:

Peter Burnett - 17 degrees (18C7R)

Franklin Roosevelt - 17 degrees (7C6R)

Lydia Childe - 18 degrees (15C4R)

John Woodlief - 18 degrees (7C12R)

Martin Frobisher - 20 degrees (6C16R)

Connections:

William Bradford - 15 degrees

Susanna Winslow - 15 degrees

Sarah Hale - 17 degrees

Ronald Reagan - 19 degrees

Isidor Strauss - 19 degrees

Juan de Onate y Salazar - 26 degrees

Massasoit - 29 degrees

Answer 12

13 degrees from Peter Burnett

13 degrees from John Woolief.

15 degrees from William Bradford.

17 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt.

17 degrees from Susanna Winslow.

18 degrees from Lydia Child.

18 degrees from Sarah Hale.

18 degrees from Ronald Reagan.

19 degrees from Martin Fobisher.

21 degrees from Isidor Strauss.

26 degrees from Juan de Onate y Salazar.

28 degrees from Massasoit Wampanoag.

Comments

0. Peter Burnett.

1. Dorothy Hardeman (his mother)

2. Mary Perkins (her mother0

3. Anne Perkins (her sister0

4. Peter Scales (her son)

5. Mary Morehead (his wife)

6. Obedience Motley (her mother)

7. David Motley (her brother0

8. Joseph Motley (his son)

9 Daniel Edward Motley (his son)

10. Emily Motley (his daughter)

11. John Blair (her son)

12. Irene Blair (his daughter)

13. Frank Blankenship (her son)

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0. John Woodlief.

1. John Woodlief (his son)

2. Mary Wynne (his wife)

3. Thomas Wynne (her brother)

4. Agnes Stith (his wife)

5. Thomas Gregory (her brother)

6. Thomas Gregory (his son)

7. John Gregory (his son)

8. William Gregory (his son)

9. Richard Gregory (his son)

10. Thomas Gregory (his son)

11. Lucille Gregory (his daughter)

12. Irene Blair (her daughter)

13. Frank Blankenship (her son)

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0. William Bradford.

1. William Bradford (his son)

2. Constant Southworth (his brother)

3. Edward Southworth (his son)

4. Constant Southworth (his son)

5. William Southworth  (his son)

6. John Southworth (his son)

7. Catherine George (his wife)

8. Martha George (her sister)

9. Henry Gaines (her son)

10. Ira Gaines (his son)

11. Sarah Gaines (his daughter)

12. Flora Pitts (her daughter)

13. Carl Blankenship (her son)

14. Marvin Blankenship (his son)

15. Frank Blankenship (his son)

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Done.

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Fantastic!   Thanks for playing Connection Checkers this week, Frank!

Answer 13

Javascript glitch 2.

Answer 14

This week most of my connections are in the low 20s. I might try to verify my connection to Ronald Reagan or Franklin Roosevelt, since a couple of the lines go through a very iffy couple of profiles:

20 degrees from William Bradford 

22 degrees from Peter Burnett

21 degrees from Lydia Child

33 degrees from Juan de Oñate y Salazar

23 degrees from Martin Frobisher

22 degrees from Sarah Hale

31 degrees from Massasoit Wampanoag

24 degrees from Ronald Reagan

22 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt

24 degrees from Isidor Straus

20 degrees from Susanna Winslow and 

23 degrees from John Woodlief  

Comments

What a great idea, Anon!   Pop back in and let us know if you were able to verify through those iffy profiles.  I'm curious to see if they become less iffy.

Answer 15

20 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt, 15th cousin five times removed
21 degrees from William Bradford,
21 degrees from Martin Frobisher, 9th cousin 15 times removed  
21 degrees from Sarah Hale,
21 degrees from Susanna Winslow and
22 degrees from Lydia Child, 14th cousin 6 times removed
23 degrees from John Woodlief, 7th cousin 13 times removed
23 degrees from Peter Burnett, 20th cousin 6 times removed
24 degrees from Ronald Reagan,
24 degrees from Isidor Straus,
30 degrees from Juan de Oñate y Salazar and
32 degrees from Massasoit Wampanoag

Comments

0: Franklin Roosevelt
1: ↑ James Roosevelt (his father)
2: ↑ Mary Aspinwall (his mother)
3: ↑ John Aspinwall (her father)
4: ↑ Rebecca Smith (his mother)
5: ↑ Margeret Lloyd (her mother)
6: ↔ Nathaniel Lloyd (her brother)
7: ↓ Elizabeth Lloyd (his daughter)
8: ↓ John Loring (her son)
9: ↓ Henry Nele Loring (his son)
10: = Emily Roscoe (his wife)
11: ↔ Edward Roscoe (her brother)
12: = Dorothea Maria Marais (his wife)
13: ↑ Philippus Wilhelmus Michiel Marais (her father)
14: ↔ Maria Cornelia Marais (his sister)
15: ↓ Salomon Cornelius Bellingan (her son)
16: ↓ Floris Bellingan (his son)
17: ↓ Dorothea Bellingan (his daughter)
18: ↓ Lilian Oelofse (her daughter)
19: ↓ <private> van Rooyen (her daughter)
20: JJ van Eck (her child)

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0: Isidor Straus
1: ↓ Minnie Straus (his daughter)
2: ↓ Evelyn Weil (her daughter)
3: = Ernald Richardson (her husband)
4: ↑ Ernald Richardson (his father)
5: ↑ Teresa Pearce-Serocold (his mother)
6: ↑ Edward Pearce (her father)
7: = Georgiana Smith (his wife)
8: ↔ Sophia Smith (her sister)
9: = William Wigram (her husband)
10: ↔ Eleanor Wigram (his sister)
11: = Samuel Unwin (her husband)
12: ↔ John Hulme (his brother)
13: ↓ Anna Hulme (his daughter)
14: ↓ Eva Upton (her daughter)
15: = Henri Boshoff (her husband)
16: ↑ Maria Van Niekerk (his mother)
17: ↑ Maria Magdalena Robbertse (her mother)
18: ↔ Joseph Robberts (her brother)
19: = Sophia Jacoba Vrey (his wife)
20: ↔ Maria Vrey (her sister)
21: ↓ Hendrik van Eck (her son)
22: ↓ Jan van Eck (his son)
23: ↓ <private> van Eck (his son)
24: JJ van Eck (his child)

Answer 16

not sure which route I will go I will try to do as many as i can

Comments

Thanks, Steve!   There are some weeks that I, also, can't decide on which ones to verify.  Pop back in and share your verifications.

Answer 17

I may choose either William Bradford or Peter Burnett. I’m related to Reagan through his marriage to Jane Wyman.

16 degrees from William Bradford

16 degrees from Peter Burnett

16 degrees from John Woodlief

17 degrees from Ronald Reagan

17 degrees from Susanna Winslow

18 degrees from Sarah Hale

19 degrees from Franklin Roosevelt

19 degrees from Lydia Child

21 degrees from Martin Frobisher

24 degrees from Isidor Straus

28 degrees from Juan de Oñate y Salazar, 

29 degrees from Massasoit Wampanoag

Comments

B - Really cool relationship to Reagan.  I love Jane Wyman's movies.   And, why not choose both William and Peter?  Make it Connection Checkers verifying party.

Answer 18

i am looking for help as not sure how to start this challenge

Comments

Hi Steve!  I can help get you started on this fun weekly challenge.

All the way at the bottom of your profile is a list of the "weekly featured connections".  It shows the degree (number of profiles) you are from each featured profile.

To get started, you can click on one of the degree links and it will show your connection path to that profiled person.  For example, you are 22 degrees from Lydia Child.

Then you check each profile in the steps to the featured profile to make sure they are sourced with a source that matches the relationships.  In Lydia's example, you would need to check to make sure there is proof of marriage to David Child since he is your first stop on the Connection Path.

Once you have verified each profile along the way has proper sources (feel free to do any additional cleanup), then come back to this message, click on reply and share the connection path that you verified.

Here is your personal list, this week:
 

Thanksgiving

Lydia Child	22 degrees
William Bradford	22 degrees
Susanna Winslow	23 degrees
Franklin Roosevelt	24 degrees
Sarah Hale	24 degrees
John Woodlief	25 degrees
Peter Burnett	25 degrees
Isidor Straus	27 degrees
Ronald Reagan	27 degrees
Martin Frobisher	27 degrees
Juan de Oñate y Salazar	32 degrees
Massasoit Wampanoag	35 degrees

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Thankyou

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How did it go, Steve?   

See you tomorrow, Tuesday, for a new list!

Answer 19

16 degrees from Captain John Woodlief - 4 branches (2-4-3-8) 10th cousin 14x removed

16 degrees from Peter Burnett - 4 branches (5-2-2-8) 19th cousin 7x removed

16 degrees from Sarah Hale - 2 branches (8-9)

16 degrees from William Bradford - 3 branches (3-7-7)

17 degrees from President Ronald Reagan - 3 branches (1-7-10)

17 degrees from Susanna Winslow - 3 branches (3-8-7)

19 degrees from President Franklin D. Roosevelt - 3 branches (7-9-4) 15th cousin 4x removed

19 degrees from Lydia Child - 3 branches (7-9-4) 16th cousin 6x removed

20 degrees from Sir Martin Frobisher - 7 branches (1-1-1-1-5-3-9) 10th cousin 13x removed

23 degrees from Isador Straus - 4 branches (3-2-13-6)

25 degrees from Juan Orñate y Salazar - 4 branches (4-8-2-12)

28 degrees from Chief Massasoit - 4 branches (7-5-10-7)

Answer 20

Is anyone else having a problem with the connection checker?  Keep getting "no connection/relationship found" and when I go to the featured connections page it says "error gathering distances".  Worked fine yesterday...

Comments

Same here

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It was a bit glitchy this morning but appears to be working now, for me.

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Yep it seems ok now.