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Old Crank

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Sun Mar 15, 2026, 11:31 AM Sunday

Famous relatives [View all]

I joined Family Search, nonpaying, quite a few years ago. Just got an email talking about cousins.
I have one in Australia. No real surprise there since most of my lineage comes from GB.

Anyway they have a link for me of famous relatives. The closest one is Winston Churchill. 6th cousin 3 times removed. I'm not sure how accurate my family tree is back more than my great grandparents. But I'll take it. Seems I'm related to Lincoln and Booker T Washington, 7th cousins 5 times removed. FDR also. One side of my family tree had the father live in the US pre revolution and then moved to Canada with teh others.

In theory I have a closer relative in John Wayne, 9th cousin than QEII 12th cousin. Fun to see the list for what ever value or accuracy it is.

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