According to wikitree relationship finder, I have a Gateway cousin.

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WikiTree profile: William Awbrey
in Genealogy Help by Howard Rankin G2G6 Mach 3 (39.8k points)

nope (lineal only). And William Awbrey is not a Gateway (as defined by the Magna Carta project). from [[Category:Gateway Ancestors]]:

Our Gateway Ancestors are the American colonists with Magna Carta ancestry whose well-documented ancestral lines are treated in Royal Ancestry: a Study of Colonial & Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson (2013), Volumes 1-5,and in Magna Carta Ancestry: a Study of Colonial & Medieval Families, also by Douglas Richardson (2011).

Of the twenty-five barons who signed a vow to enforce Magna Carta in 1215, only seventeen have known descendants past the fourth generation.

Further, Richardson does not document the ancestry of all immigrants - only about 240 of those who immigrated before 1700. An answer in this G2G discussion (2014) by Kimball G. Everingham, III, editor of Richardson's books, includes this explanation:

"Douglas' work only covers 17th century immigrants. But even some of those with known medieval ancestry are not included for various reasons. Most of the immigrants included are fairly closely related to other included immigrants. Those with long, rambling, undistinguished ancestry, and unrelated to other immigrants, are not included. Others with unquestionable medieval ancestry, but some difficulty documenting a single generation, are not included.... The point is, just because an immigrant is not included in Douglas' Royal Ancestry series, does not mean he believes the descent is in error, though it could."

I could be wrong, cousin. I think Douglas Richardson documented his ancestors, which happen to include more relatives than he counted on, probably.

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