Roots and all - A Genealogy Blog

Kevin Bacon Actor Perhaps you've heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? Well the game works equally as well for genealogy. Kevin Bacon...

Jesse James and Frank James American Outlaws The James brothers, members of the infamous James-Younger Gang, are my 9th cousins 4 times remo...

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States Barack Obama is my 12th Cousin on my father's side (via the Beasley family) and is my w...

Henry David Thoreau Author and Activist Thoreau is my 5th Cousin 6 times removed on my mother's side. Our common ancestor is Elizabeth ...

I have not yet posted on my mother's family, the Sullivans, as I have been focused on catching up with posting all my research on my fat...

Dolley Payne Madison First Lady of the United States Dolley Madison is my 3rd Cousin 7 times removed. (via my paternal great-grandmother Cha...

I'm starting a new ongoing post series today. Famous Fridays will spotlight famous relatives to whom I am somehow related. The idea for...