This week we're featuring famous firsts -- record setters and trailblazers -- in the Connection Finder, beginning Matthew Webb, the first person to swim the English Channel.
Featured alongside him are other firsts:
Who are you most closely connected to? If you're one of the 23,463,000 of us who are connected to each other on our big tree you can check with the Connection Finder.
You can check for shared ancestors with the Relationship Finder. Are you a cousin to any of them? Your Relationship Finder Quick Links page (see your profile pull-down menu under "Relationships") has quick links for several notable groups.
New special feature: Check out how you're connected to other record setters by searching the notables category and the various subcategories like The National Women's Hall of Fame (USA), Explorers, and Famous Politicians of the Twentieth Century using the green MyConnections button in the upper right hand corner of the page.
Let us know how you're related below! If you want to share your connection on social media with cousins and friends, click the "get shareable image" below the results, e.g. Matthew Webb and Leif Eriksson. Then just upload it along with the URL of your direct connection. (Please refrain from sharing your connection on the featured profiles themselves, though. It clutters conversations on research and collaboration. Thanks!)
P.S. Help us choose and improve profiles for next week's feature on US Civil War Generals!
My 2 closest connections are: [[Earhart-1|Amelia Mary Earhart]] - 16 degrees and 8th cousin 1x removed. /[[McClain-3310|Scott McClain]] - 22 degrees and 11th cousin
Relations (Update!)
Family connections:
Ancestors and Cousins:
14 degrees - Amelia Earhart - (5th cousins, 3x removed) 1 branch 19 degrees - Harold Melville Clark - (9th cousins, twice removed) 21 degrees - Neil Armstrong - (17th cousins, 3x removed) 26 degrees - Margaret Thatcher - (16th cousins, twice removed) 36 degrees - Leif Erikkson - (3rd cousins, 31x removed)
Connections:
19 degrees - Clara Washington Burrill - 2 branches (19-1) 24 degrees - Bert Hinkler - 5 branches (4-8-6-2-5) 25 degrees - Sir Ed Hillary - 6 branches (10-3-5-3-2-3) 28 degrees - Matthew Webb - 4 branches (8-9-6-6) 31 degrees - Alexandra David-Néel - 6 branches (20-3-4-2-2-1) 32 degrees - Roald Amundsen - 7 branches (4-1-1-5-13-3-6)
Amelia and K are 8th cousins twice removed
Leifur and K are fourth cousins 27 times removed
Margaret and K are 15th cousins twice removed
Harold and K are 8th cousins four times removed
Neil and K are 8th cousins three times removed