Which Dragon are you most closely connected to?

Question

The Lunar New Year begins this week. It's a Year of the Dragon in the 12-year Chinese zodiac cycle.

Our Featured Connections were all born under the sign of the Dragon. We start with two dragons (born in 1940) who famously battled each other in the 1972 martial arts movie, "The Way of the Dragon": Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris.

Here are other dragons to check your connection to:

• Dame Cicely Andrews, author "Rebecca West" (b. 1892)
• Salvador Dali, artist (b. 1904)
• Michael Dwyer, "The Wicklow Chief", Irish rebel leader (b. 1772)
• Leone Farrell, biochemist and vaccine innovator (b. 1904)
• Anne Hébert, French Canadian poet and author (b. 1916)
• Sister Elizabeth Kenny, Australian war hero and innovative bush nurse (b. 1880)
• John Robert Lewis, US politician and civil rights activist (b. 1940)
• Jeanne Moreau, French actress (b. 1928)
• John Forbes Nash, Jr, mathematician and inspiration for movie "A Beautiful Mind" (b. 1928)
• Christopher Reeve, actor famous as "Superman" (b. 1952)

Which of these is closest to you on our single family tree? If you're one of the 32 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.

MyConnections can find your relationships to any of our Featured Connections and in any category on WikiTree such as Authors, Martial Arts, and Famous Actors of the 20th Century. Click the green button you'll see in the upper right hand corner of the category page if you are logged in.

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" button below your connection path. (Please refrain from sharing your connection on the featured profiles. It can clutter important conversations on research and collaboration. Thanks!)

P.S. Play this week's Connection Combat game! Are you closer to Bruce Lee or Chuck Norris? Can your connection be verified with reliable sources? The one with the closest verified connection wins ... and there are other fun categories of winners too.

P.P.S. Help us find and improve the profiles for next week's feature: Devoted Couples.

Comments

Here are some of the other dragons our members suggested and worked on:

• Martin Sheen, actor
• Dame Margaret Rutherford, actress
• Chris Farley, comedian
• Andy Warhol, artist
• Maya Angelou, poet
• Margery Youngman Carter, author
• Frank Borman, astronaut
• Dionne Warwick, singer, actress, diplomat
• Ronan Vibert, actor
• Barbara King, figure skater
• Dean Torrence, singer "Jan and Dean"
• "Mister" Fred Rogers, children's educator and television host
• Kevin O'Higgins, politician
• Doris Eaton, Ziegfeld girl
• Patrick Swayze, dancer and actor
• John Barfield, baseball player
• Henry John Heinz, found Heinz Foods
• Toni Tennille, singer "The Captain and Tennille"
• Ricky Nelson, actor and singer
• Jane Jacobs, author and journalist
• Beverly Cleary, author
• Bobby Russell, singer
• Olivia de Havilland, actress
• Hon. Nancy Rodd, author "Nancy Mitford"
• Dorothy Olsen, WWII pilot
• Nick Cage, actor
• Roald Dahl, author
• Maynard Ferguson, jazz musician
• Keanu Reeves, actor
• Edward Gough Whitlam, Australian PM
• Dame Christabel Pankhurst, suffragette
• Shirley Temple Black, actress and diplomat

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Answer 1

Anne Hébert - 6th cousins four times removed

John Nash - 9th cousins once removed

Christopher Reeve - 11th cousins once removed

Cicely Andrews - 13th cousins five times removed

Chuck Norris - 21st cousins three times removed

Leone Farrell - 23rd cousins twice removed

Answer 2

I am most closely connected to Anne Hébert at 16 degrees of separation.

Cousins

• 23 degrees from Cicely Andrews (11c, 3r)
• 22 degrees from Christopher Reeve (15c, 1r)
• 19 degrees from John Nash (16c, 2r)
• 20 degrees from Chuck Norris (16c, 2r)
• 22 degrees from Leone Farrell (21c, 1r)

No Relationship Found

• 16 degrees from Anne Hébert
• 23 degrees from Bruce Lee
• 23 degrees from Elizabeth Kenny
• 24 degrees from Michael Dwyer
• 27 degrees from John Lewis
• 28 degrees from Jeanne Moreau
• 32 degrees from Salvador Dalí I Domènech

Note:  I was born in the Chinese year of the Goat.

Answer 3

14 degrees from Chuck Norris (9th cousin, 3x removed)
15 degrees from Anne Hébert (5th cousin, 4x removed)
17 degrees from John Nash (9th cousins, 2x removed)
17 degrees from Christopher Reeve (8th cousins, 1x removed)
19 degrees from Leone Farrell (8th cousin, 3x removed)
19 degrees from Jeanne Moreau
21 degrees from Bruce Lee
22 degrees from Michael Dwyer
23 degrees from Cicely Andrews (11th cousin, 5x removed)
24 degrees from Elizabeth Kenny
25 degrees from John Lewis
28 degrees from Salvador Dalí i Domènech

Answer 4

• Cicely Andrews, 14th cousin once removed
• Salvador Dali, artist  31°
• Michael Dwyer, 23°
• Leone Farrell, 21st cousin once removed
• Anne Hébert,  19°
• Sister Elizabeth Kenny  23°
• John Robert Lewis,  24°
• Jeanne Moreau,  26°
• John Forbes Nash, Jr, 18th cousin
• Christopher Reeve, 9th cousin once removed
• Chuck Noris  16th cousin once removed

Comments

You forgot to include Chuck Norris!

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Thank You Cousin!

Answer 5

Ancestors and Cousins:

17 degrees - Leone Farrell - (8C, 2xR)
20 degrees - Chuck Norris - (9C, 2xR)
19 degrees - John Nash -  (9C, 3xR)
21 degrees - Christopher Reeve - (11C, 1xR)
22 degrees - Cicely Andrews - (15C, 4xR)

Connections:

17 degrees - Anne Hébert
22 degrees - Bruce Lee
23 degrees - Michael Dwyer
24 degrees - Elizabeth Kenny
26 degrees - John Lewis
26 degrees - Jeanne Moreau
29 degrees - Salvador Dalí i Domènech  

Answer 6

Anne Hebert is my 4th cousin, 4x removed, 11 degrees!

Answer 7

Marie Marguerite Claire Louise Anne Hébert (1916-2000) and Stanley Baraboo are both descendants of Jeanne Barette (1668-1745).

7th cousins twice removed ..  C'est Bon 

Answer 8

I am 23 degrees from Christopher Reeves (25th cousins  three times removed)

23 degrees from Michael Dwyer

24 degrees from Cicely Andrews (25th cousins)

26 degrees from Anne Hebert

26 degrees from Bruce Lee

26 degrees from John Nash (25th cousins twice removed)

27 degrees from Leone Farrell (26th cousins three times removed)

27 degrees from Salvador Dali

28 degrees from Elisabeth Kenny

29 degrees from Chuck Norris (25th cousins twice removed)

33 degrees from Jeanne Moreau

35 degrees from John Lewis

Answer 9

I am most closely connected to Michael Dwyer at 22 degrees.

Answer 10

My closest Dragon connections are a three-way tie at 28 degrees between Chuck Norris, Leone Farrell and Christopher Reeve, closely followed by Bruce Lee and John Nash at 29 degrees. So in my case, Chuck wins over Bruce with one point. All others are between 30 and 35 degrees. No cousins as usual.

Answer 11

My closest by degrees and my closest relative  is Leone Farrell at 18 degrees (7th cousins, 3 times removed).

Answer 12

Ancestors and Cousins

• 17 Degrees to Leone Farrell (20C) - Uncertain
• 18 Degrees to Christopher Reeve (9C 1xR)
• 19 Degrees to John Nash (10C 1xR)
• 20 Degrees to Chuck Norris (20C)
• 21 Degrees to Cicely Andrews (14C 2xR) - Uncertain

Connections

• 18 Degrees to Anne Hébert
• 21 Degrees to Bruce Lee
• 22 Degrees to Elizabeth Kenny
• 23 Degrees to Michael Dwyer
• 24 Degrees to Jeanne Moreau
• 27 Degrees to John Lewis
• 31 Degrees to Salvador Dalí i Domènech

Answer 13

0 degrees from Frank Blankenship. Self. Yep, I was born in the Year of the Dragon. Cheers to all you other Dragons out there!

15 degrees from Chuck Norris. 11th cousin 2 times removed. MRCA Mary (Cotton) Marshall (abt 1553 - abt 1618).

17 degrees from John Nash. 9th cousin 2 times removed. MRCA Charlotte (Brewer) Elliott (abt 1583 - abt 1652).

18 degrees from John Lewis.

19 degrees from Leone Farrell. 17th cousin 2 times removed. MRCA Joan (Giffard) Knightley (b. abt 1380).

20 degrees from Anne Hebert.

20 degrees from Christopher Reeve. 9th cousin 1 time removed. MRCA Sarah (Colby) Bagley (abt 1635 - 1663).

21 degrees from Bruce Lee.

21 degrees from; Cicely Andrews. 12th cousin 1 time removed. MRCA Mary (Berkeley) Johnes (abt 1510 - aft 1567).

23 degrees from Michael Dwyer.

23 degrees from Elizabeth Kenny.

25 degrees from Jeanne Moreau.

29 degrees from Salvador Dali.

Answer 14

Anne Hébert is my closest connection and relation, at 12 degrees and fifth cousin three times removed.  We are both descendants of Louis Jolliet, who was featured in the Connection Finder in September 2023.

Answer 15

Christopher Reeve stands out at 14 degrees, and there is just one marriage in between.  The rest range from 17 to 28 degrees.

Reeves is also a 9th cousin once removed, arguably not quite as close as Chuck Norris, an 8th cousin twice removed.

Answer 16

Cousins

• 19 degrees - Christopher Reeve
  • 8C2R -- MRCA - John Burbank III (abt. 1670 - 1729), Mary Granger (abt. 1661)
• 21 degrees - Chuck Norris
  • 20C2R -- MRCA - Lucy Hellesby (1297 - 1335), Piers de Thornton (1286 - 1358)
• 21 degrees - Leone Farrell
  • 22C2R -- MRCA - Idonea Malpas (bef. 1240 - bef. 1275), Urian de St Pierre Kt (abt. 1216 - bef. 1295)
• 22 degrees - John Nash
  • 13C2R -- MRCA - Joan Boreham (1511 - 1600), Thomas Campe (1507 - bef. 1560)
• 24 degrees - Cicely Andrews
  • 14C6R -- MRCA - John Danvers MP, Joan Denton (abt. 1407 - abt. 1435), John Langston (abt. 1395 - 1435)

Connections

• 22 degrees - Elizabeth Kenny
• 23 degrees - Michael Dwyer
• 23 degrees - Anne Hébert
• 24 degrees - Bruce Lee
• 25 degrees - Salvador Dali
• 28 degrees - Jeanne Moreau
• 30 degrees - John Lewis

Answer 17

I know He is not on the current EPOW list, but I am so excited to see that Keanu Reeves and I are 17th Cousins 3 times  Removed (17C3R)

He is of course one of my all time favourite actors!!!!

Answer 18

15 degrees from Anne Hébert - 3 branches (4-4-8) 7th cousin 1x removed

19 degrees from Chuck Norris - 3 branches (8-4-8) 9th cousin 2x removed

19 degrees from John Forbes Nash, Jr - 3 branches (7-6-7) 21st cousin 2x removed

20 degrees from Leone Farrell - 6 branches (5-3-2-2-5-4) 23rd cousin 3x removed

21 degrees from Christopher Reeve - 2 branches (11-11) 9th cousin 2x removed

23 degrees from Bruce Lee - 3 branches (1-12-11)

23 degrees from Jeanne Moreau - 8 branches (1-1-4-4-2-3-6-3)

24 degrees from Michael Dwyer - 5 branches (3-5-5-1-11)

24 degrees from Sister Elizabeth Kenny - 4 branches (3-5-4-12)

25 degrees from Dame Cicely Andrews - 6 branches (4-6--6-2-1-7) 14th cousin 5x removed

26 degrees from John Robert Lewis - 6 branches (1-5-8-5-1-7)

31 degrees from Salvador Dali - 9 branches (1-2-4-5-3-2-8-4-3)

Answer 19

Marie Marguerite Claire Louise Anne Hébert - 20°
Elizabeth Kenny - 23°
Jun-fan Lee - 23°
Michael Dwyer - 23°
John Robert Lewis - 24°
Jeanne Moreau - 27°
Salvador (Dali) Dalí i Domènech - 30°

Clarice Leone Norwood Farrell - 19° - 7th C 4xR
John Forbes Nash Jr. - 18° - 9th C 2xR
Christopher D'Olier Reeve - 20° - 10th C   
Cicely Isabel (Fairfield) Andrews DBE CBE - 23° - Your 12th C
Chuck Norris - 18° - 13th C 1xR

Clarice Leone Norwood Farrell runs through my Brunson/Parsons/Sewell/Fairchild line

John Forbes Nash Jr. runs through my Brunson/Parsons/Tarpley/Tavers line
Christopher D'Olier Reeve runs through my Brunson/Parsons/Sewell/Thompkins line
Cicely Isabel (Fairfield) Andrews runs through my Wilson/Lawson/Higginbotham/Pamler line
Chuck Norris runs through my Wilson/Lawson/Higginbotham/Pamler line

Answer 20

19th- Chuck Norris. Connected through Craig, Snook, Reynolds.

23rd- Bruce Lee. Connected through Snook, Reynolds.