My Most Famous Direct Ancestors Since 1600:
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Person |
Why famous? |
Relation |
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Giles Hopkins |
Mayflower passenger |
12th Great-grandpa |
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Stephen Hopkins |
Mayflower passenger |
13th Great-grandpa |
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Lieut. John Rogers |
Mayflower passenger |
14th Great-grandpa |
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Thomas Rogers |
Mayflower passenger |
15th Great-grandpa |
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Francis Cooke (not proven) |
Mayflower passenger |
12th Great-grandpa |
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Other Notable Direct Ancestors:
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Person |
Why Notable? |
Relation |
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Reinhold Fehlberg |
Reverend |
Great-Grandfather |
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Joshua Knapp |
Reverend |
4th Great-Grandfather |
My Most Famous Indirect Ancestors Since 1600:
|
Person |
Why famous? |
Our Common Ancestor |
Their Relation to Common Ancestor |
My Relation to Common Ancestor |
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Brigham Young |
2nd President of the LDS |
Samuel Howe Jr. (1668-1731) |
2nd Great grandpa |
6th Great-grandpa |
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Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes |
19th President of the United States |
James Birchard (1665-1745) + Eliz. Beckwith |
3rd great grandpa |
7th great grandpa |
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Pres. Richard M. Nixon |
35th President of the United States |
Joshua Hemmingway Jr. |
5th Great-grandpa |
6th Great-grandpa |
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Earnest Hemingway |
famous writer |
Ralph Hemmenway |
7th Great-grandpa |
8th Great-grandpa |
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Shane Hamman |
World Record Holder in the Squat (1007 lbs) |
Unknown, but prior to 1800 |
Same Y-chromosome |
Same Y-chromosome |
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Phillip Hamman |
“Man of Valor” in Rev War; “Savior of Greenbrier”, Virginia, against Indian Massacre |
Unknown, but could be 6th Great Grandfather; he is Shane Hamman’s 5th Great Grandfather |
Same Y-chromosome |
Same Y-chromosome |