Which New Mexico notable are you most closely connected to?

Question

This week we're looking at our connections to some famous folks from New Mexico, such as Wild West outlaw, Billy the Kid, and the lawman who took him down, Pat Garrett.

Here are a few other New Mexico notables to check your connection to:

• Thomas Blackburn, Western author
• Chris Calloway, singer
• Kit Carson, frontiersman
• John Denver, musician
• Edwin Fullinwider, Olympian
• Conrad Hilton, founder Hilton hotel chain
• Val Kilmer, actor
• Leslie Marmon Silko, author
• Georgia O'Keeffe, artist
• Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace, author

Which of these is closest to you on our single family tree? If you're one of the 31.9 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

I am 19 degrees from Conrad Hilton (10th cousins once removed)

22 degrees from Thomas Blackburn (25th cousins once removed)

24 degrees from Kit Carson

24 degrees from Edwin Fullinwider (25th cousins twice removed)

25 degrees from Val Kilmer (25th cousins once removed)

25 degrees from O'Keeffe (25th cousins)

25 degrees from Lew Wallace (25th cousins once removed)

26 degrees from Pat Garrett

28 degrees from John Denver (25th cousins five times removed)

29 degrees from William McCarty

29 degrees fom Leslie Marmon (very distant cousin)

32 degrees from Chris Calloway

Answer 2

My closest connection is Thomas Blackburn at 12 degrees. My closest cousin is Lew Wallace at 6th cousin, 5 times removed.

Ancestors and Cousins:

17 degrees from Lew Wallace - (6C, 5xR)
17 degrees from Georgia O'Keeffe - (7C, 2xR)
12 degrees from Thomas Blackburn - (12C, 1xR)
19 degrees from Val Kilmer - (14C, 2xR)
18 degrees from Edwin Fullinwider - (15C, 1xR)
20 degrees from John Denver - (21C, 5xR)
19 degrees from Leslie Marmon Silko - (23C, 4xR)

Connections:

15 degrees from Kit Carson
18 degrees from Billy the Kid
19 degrees from Pat Garrett
21 degrees from Conrad Hilton
25 degrees from Chris Calloway

Answer 3

Georgia O'Keefe - 7th cousins four times removed

Thomas Blackburn - 8th cousins three times removed

Edwin Fullinwider - 21st cousins four times removed

Lew Wallace - 21st cousins four times removed

Val Kilmer - 21st cousins five times removed

John Denver - 25th cousins once removed

Leslie Marmon Silko - 27th cousins once removed

Answer 4

I am most closely connected to Kit Carson and Pat Garrett at 15 degrees of separation.

Cousins

• 17 degrees from Lew Wallace (12c 3r)
• 16 degrees from Val Kilmer (15c)
• 19 degrees from Thomas Blackburn (15c 1r)
• 17 degrees from Edwin Fullinwider (15c 4r)
• 19 degrees from Georgia O'Keeffe (18c 4r)
• 20 degrees from John Denver (19c)
• 22 degrees from Leslie Marmon Silko (24c 1r)

No Relationship Found

• 15 degrees from Kit Carson
• 15 degrees from Pat Garrett
• 19 degrees from Conrad Hilton
• 19 degrees from William McCarty
• 25 degrees from Chris Calloway

Answer 5

My closest by degrees are Kit Carson at 13 degrees but no known relationship and Val Kilmer at 14 degrees and a 19th cousin.

My closest relative is Georgia O'Keefe, a 6th cousin, 4 times removed.

Answer 6

Ancestors and Cousins

• 17 Degrees to Thomas Blackburn (8C 2xR)
• 17 Degrees to Lew Wallace (18C 3xR)
• 18 Degrees to Edwin Fullinwider (16C) Uncertain
• 18 Degrees to Val Kilmer (18C 2xR) (Uncertain)
• 19 Degrees to Georgia O'Keeffe (8C 2xR)
• 19 Degrees to John Denver (20C 2xR)
• 21 Degrees to Leslie Marmon Silko (23C 4xR) (Uncertain)

Connections

• 14 Degrees to Kit Carson
• 18 Degrees to Pat Garrett
• 19 Degrees to William McCarty
• 21 Degrees to Conrad Hilton
• 24 Degrees to Chris Calloway

Answer 7

I am 11 degrees from Kit Carson, through my mother's side of the family. That's pretty interesting!

Answer 8

Christopher Houston Carson - 3°
Patrick Floyd Garrett - 14°
Conrad Nicholson Hilton - 16°
William Henry McCarty - 19°
Christopher Lynn Calloway - 23°

Lewis Wallace - 16° - 10th C 4xR
Val Kilmer - 16° - 13th C 1xR
Georgia Totto O'Keeffe - 17° - 12th C 4xR
Thomas Wakefield Blackburn - 17° - 10th C 1xR
Edwin Gaines Fullinwider - 17° - 17th C 2xR
Henry John (Deutschendorf) Denver Jr - 17° - 18th C
Leslie (Marmon) Marmon Silko - 20° - 22nd C 3xR

Connections:

Lewis Wallace is connected to me through my Brunson/Parsons/Sewell/Thompkins line.

Val Kilmer is also connected to me through my Brunson/Parsons/Sewell/Thompkins line.

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe is connected to me through my Brunson/Parsons/Tarpley/Towels line.

Thomas Wakefield Blackburn is connected to me through my Brunson/Parsons/Sewell/Fairchild line.

Edwin Gaines Fullinwider is connected to me through my Brunson/Parsons/Tarpley/Griffin line.

Henry John (Deutschendorf) Denver Jr is connected to me through my Brunson/Parsons/Tarpley/Griffin line.

Leslie (Marmon) Marmon Silko is connected to me through my Wilson/Lawson/Higginbotham/Palmer line.

Lines:

Brunson/Parsons/Sewell/Thompkins

Brunson/Parsons/Sewell/Fairchild

Brunson/Parsons/Tarpley/Towels

Brunson/Parsons/Tarpley/Griffin

Wilson/Lawson/Higginbotham/Palmer

More Cousins than connections this time. I spent the Thon on only the Parsons/Tapley lines inputting 599 new profiles on the Tree in these 2 lines. I think the connections were easier than before. I know they are showing up more frequently in searches.

Answer 9

I am related to seven of the New Mexico Notables (and worked on one of them for last week's challenge):

1) 16º Lew Wallace: 22nd cousins/1xr MRCA Alice (Mohun) Beauchamp/ We share a birthday (month and day, NOT the same year, thank you very much)

2) 17º Thomas Blackburn: 9th cousins/2xr MRCA Hannah (Unknown) Buckingham

3) 18º Edwin Fuillinwider: 14th cousins/2xr MRCA Joan/Jane (Buckingham) Wheeler [worked on his line]

4) 18º John Denver: 22nd cousins/3xr MRCA Simon Creye

5) 20º Georgia O'Keefe: 24th cousins/2xr MRCA Maud (Huntingdon) of Scotland

6) 22º Val Kilmer: 15th cousins MRCA Edith (Unknown) Boys

7) 22º Leslie Marmon Silko: 29th cousins/3xr MRCA Baudoin (Hainault) de Hainault

Other non-related New Mexico Notables:

17º Kit Carson; 19º Pat Garrett; 20º William McCarty; 21º Conrad Hilton; 24º Chris Calloway

Congratulations on a very successful New Mexico Challenge!

Answer 10

I'm 25 degrees from: William McCarty, Kit Carson, Edwin Fullinwider, and Lew Wallace.

26 degrees from Val Kilmer, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

27 degrees from Pat Garrett, and Thomas Blackburn.

28 degrees from Conrad Hilton.

29 degrees from John Denver, and Leslie Marmon Silko.

34 degrees from Chris Calloway.

None of these are cousins, but all of them have the shortest connection through my GGF Heinrich Ostermann.

Answer 11

14 degrees from Kit Carson
16 degrees from Lew Wallace (10th cousin, 4x removed)
16 degrees from Pat Garrett
16 degrees from Edwin Fullinwider (13th cousin, 1x removed)
17 degrees from Georgia O'Keeffe (7th cousin, 5x removed)
18 degrees from Thomas Blackburn (8th cousin, 3x removed)
19 degrees from John Denver (10th cousin, 2x removed)
19 degrees from Conrad Hilton
19 degrees from Val Kilmer (10th cousin, 3x removed)
20 degrees from William McCarty
21 degrees from Leslie Marmon Silko (23rd cousin, 4x removed)
23 degrees from Chris Calloway

Answer 12

My closest relation is Val Kilmer who is my 9^th cousin, 1x removed. My closest connection is Kit Carson at 12 degrees.

Ancestors and Cousins

• 16 degrees from Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace – 16^th cousin, 3x removed.
• 17 degrees from Edwin Fullinwider – 14^th cousin, 1x removed.
• 18 degrees from Val Kilmer – 9^th cousin, 1x removed.
• 18 degrees from Thomas Blackburn – 12^th cousin, 1x removed.
• 19 degrees from Georgia O'Keeffe – 18^th cousin, 3x removed.
• 19 degrees from John Denver – 21^st cousin, 4x removed.
• 19 degrees from Leslie Marmon Silko – 22^nd cousin, 5x removed.

Connections

• 12 degrees from Kit Carson – 2 branches (6-7)
• 16 degrees from Conrad Hilton – 4 branches (1-7-4-5)
• 16 degrees from Pat Garrett – 3 branches (6-2-9)
• 18 degrees from Billy the Kid – 4 branches (2-6-8-3)
• 25 degrees from Chris Calloway – 6 branches (4-4-7-4-4-3)

Answer 13

I am

•  17 degrees from William McCarty
• 16 degrees from Pat Garrett
• 16 degrees from Thomas Blackburn 10th c 1xr
• 22 degrees from Chris Calloway
• 14 degrees from Kit Carson
• 18 degrees from John Denver 17th c 2xr
• 16 degrees from Edwin Fullinwider 18th c 1xr
• 17 degrees from Conrad Hilton
• 17 degrees from Val Kilmer 15th c
• 19 degrees from Leslie Marmon Silko 22nd 5xr
• 16 degrees from Georgia O'Keeffe 13th c 4xr
•  17 degrees from Lew Wallace. 12th c 3xr

Answer 14

12 Degrees - Kit Carson

14 Degrees - Conrad Hilton

15 Degrees - Lew Wallace

16 Degrees - Pat Garrett, Thomas Blackburn, Edwin Fullinwider

17 Degrees - Val Kilmer, Georgia O'Keeffe

18 Degrees - William McCarty, John Denver

19 Degrees - Leslie Marmon

24 Degrees - Chris Calloway

Blood Relatives:

Thomas Blackburn - 9C2R

John Denver - 14C0R

Edwin Fullinwinder - 12C3R

Val Kilmer - 13C3R

Georgia O'Keeffe - 7C3R

Lew Wallace - 13C2R

Answer 15

I am most closely connected to Thomas Blackburn at 20 degrees.

Answer 16

16 degrees from Kit Carson - 3 branches (4-3-10)

16 degrees from Conrad Hilton - 4 branches (1-7-5-4)

17 degrees from Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace - 4 branches (3-3-9-3) 17th cousin 5x removed

17 degrees from Pat Garrett - 4 branches (5-3-2-8)

19 degrees from Thomas Blackburn - 4 branches (2-7-5-6) 12th cousin 4x removed

19 degrees from Val Kilmer - 4 branches (8-2-5-5) 14th cousin 3x removed

19 degrees from Edwin Fullinwider - 3 branches (8-5-7) 18th cousin 5x removed

19 degrees from John Denver - 4 branches (3-4-6-7) 22nd cousin 1x removed

19 degrees from Leslie Marmon Silko  - 4 branches (7-2-4-7) 26th cousin 1x removed

19 degrees from Billy the Kidd - 2 branches (2-17)

20 degrees from Georgia O'Keeffe - 3 branches (8-4-9) 13th cousin 5x removed

25 degrees from Chris Calloway - 4 branches (4-11-4-7)

Answer 17

I was disappointed that my most famous New Mexico connection is not listed here -- the famed artist of the Southwest, Peter Hurd, my 1st cousin 2x removed.  Then I realized that he wasn't in WikiTree, so I added him.

In 1965, Hurd famously painted what was supposed to be the official portrait of LBJ, but Johnson hated it.  (The Smithsonian acquired it anyway.)

Answer 18

13 degrees from Kit Carson
14 degrees from Lew Wallace
15 degrees from Pat Garrett
16 degrees from William McCarty
16 degrees from Edwin Fullinwider
17 degrees from Thomas Blackburn
17 degrees from Conrad Hilton
17 degrees from Val Kilmer
17 degrees from Georgia O'Keeffe
18 degrees from John Denver
20 degrees from Leslie Marmon Silko
22 degrees from Chris Calloway

Answer 19

I’m 8th cousins to Ben Couch

Answer 20

Cousins (Other Connection)
Georgia O'Keeffe - 8C3R = 20 degrees
Thomas Blackburn - 16C3R - (21 degrees)
Lew Wallace - 16C4R - (18 degrees)
Val Kilmer - 17C3R - (25 degrees)
Edwin Fullinwider - 19C4R -  (23 degrees)
John Denver - 20C - (24 degrees)
Leslie Marmon Silko - 25C2R - (23 degrees)

Connections
Pat Garrett - 20 degrees
Kit Carson - 20 degrees
William McCarty - 21 degrees
Conrad Hilton - 23 degrees
Chris Calloway - 28 degrees