Shortest blood relation
Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief is my 12th cousin thrice removed.
You
→ Mamie Lee Brooks (Williams)
your mother → Mamie Perkins-Whitaker (Franklin)
her mother → David Winchester Franklin
her father → Owen (Orren) Franklin, Jr
his father → Owen A. Franklin, Sr., (CSA)
his father → Owen Franklin, Jr
his father → Owen Owen E Franklin, Sr
his father → Lawrence Franklin
his father → John Franklin
his father → Elizabeth Franklin
his mother → Elizabeth Salmon
her mother → Susan Cutt
her mother → Margaret Foote
her mother → John Brooke
her father → Robert Brooke
his father → George Brooke
his brother → Sir George Brooke, MP
his son → Anne Salter
his daughter → Anne Harris
her daughter → Sir William Bowyer of Denham Court, 1st Baronet
her son → Alice Clayton
his daughter → John Clayton
her son → Dr. John Clayton, "the Botanist"
his son → Ann Parker
his daughter → Elder John Parker
her son → Silas Mercer Parker
his son → Cynthia Ann Nocona
his daughter → Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief
her son
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Shortest direct family relationship
Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief is my third great grandfather's wife's son's wife's great uncle's wife's aunt's husband's third great nephew.
You
→ Kenneth Curtis Hosea
your father → Zebbie D. Hosea
his father → Nancy Caroline Hosea
his mother → Mariah Grayson
her mother → Dr. Squire Grant Grayson
her father → Mary Ann Erwin
his wife → Dr. Robert Hugh Ervin
her son → Sarah Asbury Erwin
his wife → Elizabeth Caroline Tait
her mother → Pvt. William Goode
her father → Colonel Bennett Goode
his brother → Isabella Goode Jeffries
his wife → Mary Isabella Lewis
her mother → Elizabeth Clayton
her sister → John Whiting Clayton, II
her husband → Ann Parker
his sister → Elder John Parker
her son → Silas Mercer Parker
his son → Cynthia Ann Nocona
his daughter → Quanah Parker, Comanche Chief
her son
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