Relatives of Pocahontas

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I got my weekly email showing my relationship to Pocahontas.  In looking at the lineage that was posted, it shows that her granddaughter Jane Rolfe married Robert Thomas Bolling. My next ancestor in line shows to be Stith Bolling. But the information listed shows his mother to be Anne Stith. My question is: how am I supposed to be related to Pocahontas when it is showing that Stith is not her son? The site also states that Robert Thomas Bolling Sr. is one of her descendants.  How is that possible or is it a typo?
WikiTree profile: Robert Bolling
in The Tree House by Cynthia Gerbig G2G3 (3.7k points)
retagged by Maggie N.

2 Answers

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Robert Thomas Bolling is not shown as her son. There was a template on his profile that said " "Descendants of Pocahontas" which placed him, wrongly, in that category. I just removed it. 

In your CONNECTION to Amonute Matoaka (Powhatan) Rolfe shown below

https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special:Connection&action=connect&person1Name=Powhatan-3&person2Name=Bellow-17

it's just shows that you are 18 degrees of connection, through her grand-daughter's only husband ( through marriage ) and through his son, Stith Bolling. I hope that sounds clear to you ? 

 

by Maggie N. G2G Astronaut (1.2m points)

Just further clarifying: Wikitree has two different tools

  1. Connection finder - connections through any variety of means including blood, but also through marriage.
  2. Relationship finder - blood relationships only.
The email we received about Pocahontas is using #1, right Maggie?
+7 votes
Not that I would care about being related to Pocahontas even if I could prove it, but I recently researched a doctor whose daughter was named Pocahontas because they claimed descent from her.  I checked, and sure enough, she too named her daughter Pocahontas.  The description of her wedding said that at least one female in each generation was named Pocahontas after their ancestor.
by J. Crook G2G6 Pilot (225k points)
sigh...

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