Ancestral Connections: Tracing My Lineage to Mark Twain, Walt Disney, and Other Remarkable Individuals

I am obsessed with my family tree, who I’m related to, and some peculiar generation gaps. First, we’ll start with the famous connections.

As pictured above, Mark Twain is my 8th cousin. Yes, it is a fairly far connection but still very exciting for me. As a writer, I love being related to other writers!

I am also related to:

• Henry David Thoreau (7th cousin) Famous for Walden
• Agatha Christie (8th cousin) is Famous for so many mystery books
• Emily Dickinson (7th cousin) Get her poetry collection here
• Edgar Allan Poe (8th cousin) Another favorite of mine, The Raven!
• T.S. Eliot (9th cousin) Poet and playwriter
• Charlotte Bronte (9th cousin) Famous for Jane Eyre, one of my favorites

How to Discover Your Famous Ancestors

Go to FamilySearch and search for your family.

The Famous Relatives activity searches the FamilySearch Family Tree for your possible connections to famous people in history. For the experience to work, you need a FamilySearch account (if you don’t already have one, you can…