Which female poet are you most closely connected to?

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The changing seasons often inspire memorable poetry, so we're looking at some of those who have left us lingering lines this week.

Here are some notable women poets to check your connection to:

• Karin Boye
• Anne Bradstreet
• Ruth Park
• Princess Teru
• Lady Anne Barnard
• Dolores Rodríguez de Tió
• Christina Rossetti
• Emily Dickinson
• Nikki Giovanni Jr.
• Isabella Valancy Crawford
• Mary Jean Gilmore
• Elizabeth MacDonald

Which of these is closest to you on our single family tree? If you're one of the 32.9 million of us who are connected to each other on our big tree, you can check with the Connection Finder. On any WikiTree profile, you can select "Connection to Me" from the pull-down menu.

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Answer 1

Lady Anne Barnard 5c10r

Anne Bradstreet 6c12r

Emily Dickinson 8c3r

Elizabeth McDonald-9c2r

Delores Rodrigez de Tio 17c5r

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Thanks for the Star 14th cousin John!

Answer 2

Cousins (Other Connection)
Anne Bradstreet - 6C12R - (14 degrees)
Anne Barnard - 11C11R - (20 degrees)
Emily Dickinson -15C5R - (19 degrees)
Lola Rodríguez de Tió - 17C8R - (39 degrees)

Connections
Elizabeth MacDonald - 20 degrees
Isabella Crawford - 25 degrees
Ruth Niland - 26 degrees
Mary Gilmore - 26 degrees
Karin Boye - 27 degrees
Christina Rossetti - 29 degrees
照 松平 - 30 degrees
Nikki Giovanni - 35 degrees

Answer 3

Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson are only 13 degrees away.   Bradstreet is just one marriage off from being a direct ancestor.   Her great granddaughter married my seventh great grandfather.

Answer 4

I am most closely connected to Anne Bradstreet at 17 degrees of separation.

Cousins

• 17 degrees from Anne Bradstreet (4C, 12R)
• 20 degrees from Anne Barnard (10C, 10R)
• 19 degrees from Emily Dickinson (12C, 5R)
• 37 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió (17C, 6R)

No Relationship Found

• 21 degrees from Mary Gilmore
• 21 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald
• 23 degrees from Isabella Crawford
• 25 degrees from Ruth Niland
• 26 degrees from Christina Rossetti
• 26 degrees from 照 松平
• 29 degrees from Nikki Giovanni
• 30 degrees from Karin Boye

Answer 5

I am most closely connected to Lady Anne Barnard at 17 degrees.

Answer 6

I am 19 degrees fromAnne Barnard (18th cousins five times removed)

21 degrees from Anne Bradstreet (17th cousins 10 times removed)

24 degrees from Ruth Niland

24 degrees from Emily Dickinson (25th cousins twice removed)

24 degrees from Elisabeth McDonald

25 degrees from Mary Gilmore

26 degrees from Prinsess Teru

27 degrees from Christina Rosetti

28 degrees fro Isabella Crawford (I have many Crawford as relatives on my DNA)

39 degrees from Nikki Giovanni

39 degrees from Lola Rodrigues

Answer 7

This time, I got quite a range of connection distances!

• 22 degrees: Anne Bradstreet
• 25 degrees: Emily Dickinson and Elizabeth MacDonald
• 28 degrees: Anne Barnard
• 30 degrees: Isabella Crawford
• 31 degrees: Mary Gilmore
• 32 degrees: Ruth Niland
• 35 degrees: Karin Boye
• 37 degrees: 照姫 (保科) 松平
• 38 degrees: Christina Rossetti
• 39 degrees: Nikki Giovanni
• 47 degrees: Lola Rodríguez de Tió

Answer 8

Ancestors and Cousins:

18 degrees from Anne Barnard - (6C, 7xR)
16 degrees from Emily Dickinson - (8C, 3xR)
16 degrees from Anne Bradstreet - (8C, 11xR)
38 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió - (17C, 6xR)

Connections:

18 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald
21 degrees from Isabella Crawford
24 degrees from Mary Gilmore
25 degrees from Ruth Niland
25 degrees from Christina Rossetti
28 degrees from Karin Boye
28 degrees from 照 松平
30 degrees from Nikki Giovanni

Answer 9

17 degrees from Anne Bradstreet,
22 degrees from Ruth Niland,
34 degrees from Karin Boye,
26 degrees from 照 松平,
19 degrees from Anne Barnard,
41 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió,
23 degrees from Christina Rossetti,
23 degrees from Emily Dickinson,
36 degrees from Nikki Giovanni,
27 degrees from Isabella Crawford,
24 degrees from Mary Gilmore
and 19 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald

Answer 10

Emily Dickinson - 8th cousins 6 times removed

Elizabeth MacDonald - 9th cousins three times removed

Anne Bradstreet - 10th cousins 14 times removed

Anne Barnard - 14th cousins 10 times removed

Lola Rodríguez de Tió - 18th cousins 8 times removed

Answer 11

My closest is 15 degrees to Anne Bradstreet.

Answer 12

15 degrees from Anne Bradstreet (6th cousin, 11x removed)
16 degrees from Emily Dickinson (6th cousin, 4x removed)
17 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald (8th cousin, 4x removed)
18 degrees from Anne Barnard (6th cousin, 8x removed)
21 degrees from Isabella Crawford
21 degrees from Mary Gilmore
23 degrees from Ruth Niland
25 degrees from 照 松平
25 degrees from Christina Rossetti
27 degrees from Karin Boye
29 degrees from Nikki Giovanni
38 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió (17th cousin, 6x removed)

Answer 13

My closest is Anne Bradstreet at 16 degrees and an 8th cousin, 11 times removed.

Answer 14

13 degrees Anne (Dudley) Bradstreet, 7c, 9r, mrca Bonville-3, Grey-370

16 degrees Emily Elizabeth Dickinson, 7c, 2r, mrca Penn-117, Wheeler-219

16 degrees Elizabeth (Roberts) MacDonald

18 degrees Lady Anne (Lindsay) Barnard, 13, 7r, mrca Holand-65, Zouche-64

21 degrees Isabella Valancy Crawford

23 degrees Mary Jean Gilmore

23 degrees Ruth (Park) Niland

25 degrees Christina Rossetti

27 degrees Princess Teru

27 degrees Karin Boye

29 degrees Nikki Giovanni Jr

37 degrees Dolores Rodriguez de Tió, 17c, 6r, mrca Castilla-105, Savoie-1252

Answer 15

14 degrees from Emily Dickinson. 11th cousin 4 times removed. MRCA Constance (Leverthorpe) Cotton (b 1478).

15 degrees from Anne Bradstreet. 6th cousin 11 times removed. MRCA Alice (Montagu) Neville (abt 1405 - bef 1462).

17 degrees from Anne Barnard. 10th cousin 8 times removed. MRCA Elizabeth Stewart (1433 - 1474).

18 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald. 7th cousin 3 times removed. MRCA Elizabeth (Creel) Mott (1600 - abt 1632).

23 degrees from Isabella Crawford.

23 degrees from; Mary Gilmore.

.24 degrees from Ruth (Park) Niland.

25 degrees from Nikki Giovanni.

27 degrees from Princess Teru.

27 degrees from Christina Rossetti.

30 degrees from Karin Boye.

35 degrees from Delores Rodriquez de Tio. 17th cousin 5 times removed. MRCA Fernando (Castilla) de Castilla. MRCA (1201 - 1252).

Answer 16

Elizabeth MacDonald is my 7th cousin, twice removed.  And Anne Bradstreet is my 10th great-grandaunt -- I descend from her sister Mercy.  Both were news to me!

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Lyn, you and I are ninth cousins. Anne Bradstreet is my 10th great grandmother, and Elizabeth Macdonald is my fifth cousin twice removed

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Awesome!  Always happy to meet a new one.  

Answer 17

15 degrees from Anne Bradstreet - 2 branches (13-3) 9th cousin 13x removed

18 degrees from Lady Anne Barnard - 3 branches (9-5-5) 13th cousin 10x removed

19 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald - 2 branches (14-6) 11th cousin 5x removed

19 degrees from Emily Dickinson - 3 branches (6-10-4) 18th cousin 5x removed

22 degrees from Isabella Valancy Crawford - 4 branches (2-4-9-8)

24 degrees from Ruth Park - 4 branches (4-4-13-4)

24 degrees from Mary Jean Gilmore - 6 branches (3-4-4-4-4-6)

25 degrees from Princess Teru - 8 branches (1-3-1-3-6-3-1-8)

28 degrees from Karin Boye - 4 branches (7-8-9-5)

29 degrees from Christina Rossetti - 8 branches (2-5-4-3-3-2-3-8)

30 degrees from Nikki Giovanni Jr - 8 branches (3-1-2-4-8-4-4-5)

37 degrees from Dolores Rodríguez de Tió - 7 branches (6-2-10-8-2-4-5) 18th cousin 7x removed

Answer 18

Anne Barnard is my second cousin 8 times removed and 13 degrees. 

Anne (Lindsay) Barnard (1750-1825) and Alexis (Lovelace) Nelson are both descendants of Anne (Mackenzie) Campbell (1627-abt.1707)

Answer 19

My closest cousin is Lady Anne Barnard, who is my 6^th cousin, 5x removed. My closest connections at 14 degrees are Anne Bradstreet and Lady Anne Barnard.

Ancestors and Cousins: 

14 degrees from Anne Bradstreet – 8^th cousin, 9x removed.

14 degrees from Lady Anne Barnard – 6^th cousin, 5x removed.

18 degrees from Emily Dickinson – 17^th cousin, 1x removed.

35 degrees from Dolores Rodríguez de Tió – 17^th cousin, 4x removed.

Connections:

20 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald – 4 branches (5-3-5-8)

21 degrees from Isabella Valancy Crawford – 6 branches (3-2-3-3-10-1)

22 degrees from Ruth Park – 5 branches (4-4-5-1-9)

22 degrees from Mary Jean Gilmore – 5 branches (3-4-4-2-10)

25 degrees from Christina Rossetti – 4 branches (4-3-4-15)

26 degrees from Princess Teru – 8 branches (1-3-1-3-5-6-5-3)

28 degrees from Karin Boye – 6 branches (9-3-6-7-3-1)

28 degrees from Nikki Giovanni Jr. – 8 branches (3-1-2-4-7-2-7-3)

 

Answer 20

13 degrees from Anne Bradstreet
    17 degrees from Emily Dickinson
    18 degrees from Anne Barnard
    18 degrees from Elizabeth MacDonald
    22 degrees from Mary Gilmore
    23 degrees from Ruth Niland
    23 degrees from 照 松平 [Princess Teru]
    23 degrees from Isabella Crawford
    25 degrees from Christina Rossetti
    26 degrees from Karin Boye
    29 degrees from Nikki Giovanni
    38 degrees from Lola Rodríguez de Tió