Willie Nelson - Birthday

Willie Nelson is my husband's fifth great aunt's husband's aunt's husband's first cousin 8 times removed.

He sure has come a long way from "The Ernest Tubb Show", sporting a crew cut and suit and tie, that I watched as a child. What a talented man!!

Thanks, the date is corrected.

Willie Nelson is my 12thcousin 2x removed he has come a long way i have a lot of his albums he sure has talent

Someone had contacted me about being related to Mr. Nelson.
My response was "Huh?"

If that wert the case I don't think I would of paid full price for a ticket the times I have seen him. I wouldn't of given that much for a t-shirt. I would of went to his birthday party when I lived near him. Sure, were both handsome devils, have that certain twinkle in our eyes, and our voices are soothing, red headed, have a few authority problems....yeah
But I get this long drawn out explanation of how it happens.

So Geni does it this way:

You
→ Donna Jean Wright
your mother → Wesley Harold Wright
her father → Mary Eloise Wisdom
his mother → Albert Burton Wisdom
her father → Margaret Hill
his mother → Jane Hill
her mother → Thomas Moore
her father → Robert Moore, Jr.
his father → Sarah Moore
his mother → William Thomas Cochran, Sr
her father → Thomas Cochran
his father → Margaret Elder
his mother → William Elder
her father → Marion Alders
his mother → Isobell Bruce
her mother → Agnes Gray
her mother → William Grey, Bailiff in Aberdeen
her father → Andrew Gray, 2nd Lord Gray
his father → Janet Gray
his daughter → Margaret Keith
her daughter → Joneta Keith
her daughter → James Crichton of Frendraught
her son → Wife of John Clanton
his daughter → Marmaduke Clanton
her son → Edward Clanton
his son → Edward Clanton
his son → Mary Clanton
his daughter → Edmond Gilliam
her son → Susannah Smothers
his daughter → William Smothers
her son → Elisha Smothers
his son → Austin Lee Smothers
his son → William Marion Smothers
his son → Nancy Elizabeth Nelson
his daughter → Ira Doyle Nelson
her son → Willie Nelson
his son......

or the second version here:

You
→ Donna Jean Wright
your mother → Maxine Grace Cox
her mother → Mabel Elsie Benson
her mother → Elsie J Walton
her mother → John A Walton
her father → Aaron Walton, Sr
his father → Andrew Walton, Sr.
his father → Jacob Walton
his father → Moses Walton
his brother → Moses Walton
his son → Eunice Borden Walton
his wife → Hannah Rogers
her mother → John Borden
her brother → Margaret "Peggy" Keith
his daughter → John Burden Keith
her son → Elizabeth Isabella Marshall
his daughter → William Andrew Marshall
her son → Prilly Nelson
his daughter → William Alfred Nelson
her son → Ira Doyle Nelson
his son → Willie Nelson
his son

still don't fit right this way either

uh yeah, OK, so I went to where the message came from, and it was a little different there, alot of documentation to pour through, his DNA is not public that I can find, and I guess he and I need to sit down and talk about this.
Family is family I suppose, can't pick them out to begin with and hey, he might buy one of my t-shirts...

Willie and Rusty are 11th cousins once removed

Willie Nelson and Rusty (Aldrich) Comstock are both descendants of Joan (Reeder) Borden (abt.1572-1620).

1. Willie is the son of Ira Doyle Nelson (1913-1978) [confident]
2. Ira is the son of William Alfred Nelson (1884-1940)
3. William is the son of Aprilla Ann (Marshall) Nelson (1858-1929)
4. Aprilla is the daughter of William Andrew Jackson Marshall (1831-1908)
5. William is the son of Elizabeth Isabella Keith (1812-1834)
6. Elizabeth is the daughter of John Birden Keith (1786-1850)
7. John Birden is the son of Margaret Betsy Borden (1755-1830)
8. Margaret is the daughter of John Borden Sr. (1718-1798) DNA confirmed
9. John is the son of Benjamin Borden II Jr (1675-abt.1743)
10. Benjamin is the son of Benjamin Borden Sr. (1649-1728)
11. Benjamin is the son of Richard Borden Sr (abt.1596-1671)
12. Richard is the son of Joan (Reeder) Borden (abt.1572-1620)
This makes Joan the tenth great grandmother of Willie.

1. Rusty is the son of Donna Wright
2. Donna is the daughter of Maxine Grace (Cox) Comstock (1920-1988)
3. Maxine is the daughter of Mabel (Benson) Dickson
4. Mabel is the daughter of Elsie Jane (Walton) Benson (bef.1843-1900)
5. Elsie is the daughter of Harriet (Seymour) Walton (1812-1867)
6. Harriet is the daughter of Zilpha (Borden) Seymour (abt.1788-1879)
7. Zilpha is the daughter of Azariah Borden (abt.1754-abt.1826)
8. Azariah is the son of Joseph Borden (1716-1788)
9. Joseph is the son of John Borden IV (1692-1730)
10. John is the son of John Borden Jr. (abt.1671-abt.1709)
11. John is the son of John Borden (1636-1684)
12. John is the son of John Borden (bef.1607-abt.1636)
13. John is the son of Joan (Reeder) Borden (abt.1572-1620)
This makes Joan the 11th great grandmother of Rusty.

Kinda puts it in a different light this way. The DNA is right, there is no way of getting around that. My genealogy is not perfect, but so many others have made sure it will be when it unfolds-people been working on this for 50 years, and it was pretty much set when I got here-my addition only got me and ancestors lined up to reach the world tree, no inclusions.

And I'm going to say thats close in some respects, but not exactly 2nd cousins. I'm glad thats not my "claim to fame" as I have seen some do with "cousin" hook ups.
Still working on understanding this,
Rusty