Ashton Kutcher - Parents are 1st cousins 1x removed

Started by Private User on Wednesday, June 29, 2016
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Private User
6/29/2016 at 4:36 AM

Just stumbled across this trivia bit and found it fascinating:

"Ashton’s paternal grandfather, Earl F. Kutcher, was the brother of Ashton’s maternal great-grandmother, Leona Alice Kutcher. Thus, Ashton’s parents are first cousins, once removed." http://ethnicelebs.com/ashton-kutcher

It's so rare to see that in modern America, especially with a celebrity. Can anyone think of other examples involving well-known folks?

Private User
6/29/2016 at 4:43 AM

That could explain Aston's twin brother's condition (some bizarre genetic funkiness).

6/29/2016 at 3:49 PM

Thank you for adding that note, Ashley, it "is" fascinating trivia.

This was a fun tree to work on, we were able to track to his arrivers from Ireland, who took the train as far it would go and settled there (Iowa).

Private User
6/30/2016 at 2:31 AM

I've been working on Czech/Bohemian lines for a couple months now after getting really into rural Nebraskan history -- what a collection of weirdos we are :) -- and it turns out that he's mainly Bohemian. I saw that passage on Ethnicelebs and did a double-take...you just don't see that anymore!

And, like Oona, my first thought was his fraternal twin brother. :/

I'd make a project, but I don't know who else would go in it, nor do I know how to diplomatically phrase "Modern Celebrity Inbreeding." :)

Jana Pavlíčková
4/21/2019 at 8:02 AM

Hi all, I would like to know more about his Czech/Bohemian relatives. Do you know name of them when they arrived to USA? Or more datas? Like birthplace and day of their birth? I can find them in czech records.

4/21/2019 at 8:06 PM

Do I qualify as famous? Just kidding. My great great grandmother was the youngest sister of my great great great grandfather. My great grandparents were 1st cousins once removed.

That was standard practice in Eastern European Jewish families in the areas that I research, especially families who had rabbinical ancestors. They were in small towns and married cousins. This practice continued in the U.S. in the early 20th century also.

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