Ancestry has an app called We're Related that I use. It uses your Ancestry family tree and finds famous people that you are related to. It is purely for fun and not always accurate. It often makes the assumption that if many people have an individual being the parent of your ancestor then it must be true. I do get a good kick out of it even if most of the people I am related to are pop stars that I have no interest in share genes with. A few interesting ones have popped up like Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, and Walt Disney. I am still working on proving these, however. I will keep you updated. Today I had one pop up that was easy to verify- Sir Winston Churchill. He is my 9th cousin 1x removed. This means my dad and Mr. Churchill are 9th cousins.
M.A. Watson (9th cousins) Winston Churchill
W.T. Watson (8th cousins) Jeanette Jerome
Irene Looney (7th cousins) Leonard Walter Jerome
Mary Susan Francis (6th cousins) Isaac Jerome
William Ragland Francis (5th cousins) Aaron Jerome
Sally Ragland (4th cousins) Samuel Jerome
John Ragland (1761-1842) (3rd cousins) Abigail Rich
John Ragland (1710-1791) (2nd cousins) Abigail Green
Hannah Walker (1st cousins) Mary Warren
Elizabeth Warren (siblings) Abraham Warren
John Warren (1585-1667)
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