Do You Have Any Famous Relatives?
I am obsessed with researching my family tree and finding out about my ancestors and distant cousins. It really makes history come alive to think about family living through the historical events. When I first started researching my family tree, I didn’t know much more than my immediate family. The LDS church has a free resource for researching your family tree and you don’t need to be a member to use it. You can visit the Family Search website to get started.
Have you ever wondered if you are related to anyone famous? Family Search has a tool to see if you are related to any famous people. You could be related to presidents, inventors and scientists, or entertainers and artists. Of course you could also be related to LDS church leaders or pioneers.
Reverend John Robinson is my 11th Great-Grandfather. He was born about 1575 in Nottinghamshire, England and was the minister of the Puritans who fled to the Netherlands to avoid religious persecution in England. Though he did not join them on this momentous trip, a group of 35 of his congregants became the Pilgrims who travelled on the Mayflower to Plymouth Colony. John died before he could leave the Netherlands, but his son, Isaac, my 10th Great-Grandfather, joined the Pilgrims in Plymouth in 1631.
Going back much further, my 24th Great-Grandfather was King Henry III of England, though I am descended from his second son, Edmund “Crouchback”, who was the 1st Earl of Lancaster. Edmund’s older brother, Edward “Longshanks” was the King of England during the reign of the Scottish King Robert I, known as Robert the Bruce. Incidentally, I am descended from Robert’s sister Mary Bruce, who is my 20th Great-Grandmother.
I am also distant cousins to author, Samuel Clemens, aka. Mark Twain, and the beautiful actress, Lucille Ball.
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