This week's focus is on English notables. Per wikitree.com I am:

18 degrees from Winston Churchill
26 degrees from Douglas Adams
21 degrees from Isabella Beeton
22 degrees from Geoffrey Chaucer
19 degrees from Agatha Christie
21 degrees from Benjamin Disraeli
25 degrees from Stephen Hawking
27 degrees from John Lennon
21 degrees from Horatio Nelson
21 degrees from Florence Nightingale
21 degrees from William Shakespeare
18 degrees from Elizabeth Tudor

More about them:

Sir Winston Churchill, best known as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during
World War II.

Douglas Adams, author, humorist, and screenwriter best known for Hitchhiker's Guide to
the Galaxy.

Mrs. Isabella Beeton, journalist, editor, and writer best known for her homemaking and
cooking books.

Geoffrey Chaucer, author best known for The Canterbury Tales.

Dame Agatha Christie, the "Queen of Crime" was an English crime novelist, short story
writer, and playwright considered the best selling novelist of all time.

Benjamin Disraeli, British statesman, Conservative politician, and writer who twice
served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Stephen Hawking, regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since
Einstein.

John Lennon, musician and member of the Beatles.

Vice Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, British Naval officer considered one of the greatest
admirals in history.

Florence Nightingale, celebrated social reformer and statistician, and founder of modern
nursing.

William Shakespeare, poet and playwright widely considered to be the best English
language writer and dramatist of all time.

Queen Elizabeth I of England, one of England's most influential monarchs and the last of
the Tudor line.

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, holocaust survivors
Indian chiefs, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians,
politicians, poets, popes, writers, WW I heroes. I guess that I am a collection of
all of them, as we ALL are.

https://www.wikitree.com helps me gather this information with their weekly newsletters. It is totally free and very useful to genealogists.

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I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history,
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Hi Mike,

On 2026-07-22 15:50:54, you wrote to ALL:

This week's focus is on English notables. Per wikitree.com I am:

18 degrees from Winston Churchill
26 degrees from Douglas Adams
21 degrees from Isabella Beeton
22 degrees from Geoffrey Chaucer
19 degrees from Agatha Christie
21 degrees from Benjamin Disraeli
25 degrees from Stephen Hawking
27 degrees from John Lennon
21 degrees from Horatio Nelson
21 degrees from Florence Nightingale
21 degrees from William Shakespeare
18 degrees from Elizabeth Tudor

I created a wikitree profile a few weeks ago, and am still busy finding ancestors. For some lines I got as far back as the early 1700's...

I got the same summary as you, but my degrees are way higher: ;-)

26 degrees from Winston Churchill
30 degrees from Douglas Adams
31 degrees from Isabella Beeton
30 degrees from Geoffrey Chaucer
27 degrees from Agatha Christie
28 degrees from Benjamin Disraeli
31 degrees from Stephen Hawking
30 degrees from John Lennon
28 degrees from Horatio Nelson
28 degrees from Florence Nightingale
31 degrees from William Shakespeare
28 degrees from Elizabeth Tudor


Bye, Wilfred.

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On 7/22/2026 10:53 PM, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Mike Dippel:

Hi Mike,

On 2026-07-22 15:50:54, you wrote to ALL:

This week's focus is on English notables. Per wikitree.com I am:

18 degrees from Winston Churchill
26 degrees from Douglas Adams
21 degrees from Isabella Beeton
22 degrees from Geoffrey Chaucer
19 degrees from Agatha Christie
21 degrees from Benjamin Disraeli
25 degrees from Stephen Hawking
27 degrees from John Lennon
21 degrees from Horatio Nelson
21 degrees from Florence Nightingale
21 degrees from William Shakespeare
18 degrees from Elizabeth Tudor

I created a wikitree profile a few weeks ago, and am still busy finding ancestors. For some lines I got as far back as the early 1700's...

I got the same summary as you, but my degrees are way higher: ;-)

26 degrees from Winston Churchill
30 degrees from Douglas Adams
31 degrees from Isabella Beeton
30 degrees from Geoffrey Chaucer
27 degrees from Agatha Christie
28 degrees from Benjamin Disraeli
31 degrees from Stephen Hawking
30 degrees from John Lennon
28 degrees from Horatio Nelson
28 degrees from Florence Nightingale
31 degrees from William Shakespeare
28 degrees from Elizabeth Tudor

Bye, Wilfred.

I guess that proves we are distant cousins :) I'm happy to find others that happily use
wikitree to research their history. It has really helped me in my ancestry journey.

Mike Dippel

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Hi Mike,

On 2026-07-22 17:23:00, you wrote to me:

This week's focus is on English notables. Per wikitree.com I

am:

18 degrees from Winston Churchill
26 degrees from Douglas Adams
21 degrees from Isabella Beeton
22 degrees from Geoffrey Chaucer
19 degrees from Agatha Christie
21 degrees from Benjamin Disraeli
25 degrees from Stephen Hawking
27 degrees from John Lennon
21 degrees from Horatio Nelson
21 degrees from Florence Nightingale
21 degrees from William Shakespeare
18 degrees from Elizabeth Tudor

I created a wikitree profile a few weeks ago, and am still busy finding ancestors. For some lines I got as far back as the early 1700's...

I got the same summary as you, but my degrees are way higher: ;-)

26 degrees from Winston Churchill
30 degrees from Douglas Adams
31 degrees from Isabella Beeton
30 degrees from Geoffrey Chaucer
27 degrees from Agatha Christie
28 degrees from Benjamin Disraeli
31 degrees from Stephen Hawking
30 degrees from John Lennon
28 degrees from Horatio Nelson
28 degrees from Florence Nightingale
31 degrees from William Shakespeare
28 degrees from Elizabeth Tudor

Bye, Wilfred.

I guess that proves we are distant cousins :)

Not really. These degree links probably involve a couple of mariages... ;-)

But if you are willing to share your wikitree id (netmail if you like), we can check. ;-)


Bye, Wilfred.

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On 7/23/2026 12:11 AM, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Mike Dippel:

Hi Mike,

I guess that proves we are distant cousins :)

Not really. These degree links probably involve a couple of mariages... ;-)

But if you are willing to share your wikitree id (netmail if you like), we can
check. ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

Dippel-21

Mike Dippel


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Hi Mike,

On 2026-07-22 18:41:50, you wrote to me:

I guess that proves we are distant cousins :)

Not really. These degree links probably involve a couple of mariages... ;-)

But if you are willing to share your wikitree id (netmail if you like), we

can -> check. ;-) -> -> -> Bye, Wilfred.

Dippel-21

Ok, so we are 26 degrees, through your wife... So no blood relation. ;-)

Bye, Wilfred.

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