Which King are you most closely connected to?

Question

This week we're featuring "kings", starting with civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. and King Henry the VIII of England.

Here are more kings to check your connection to:

• Charlemagne, King of the Franks
• Frederik X, King of Denmark
• Kamehameha, King of Hawaii
• Billie Jean King, tennis star
• Dr. Catherine King, radio broadcaster
• Mary King, scientist, and the first person recorded to have died in an automobile accident
• Philip Park King, explorer
• Lady Moira King Shearer, prima ballerina
• King Pōtatau of the Maori
• King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands

Which of these is closest to you on our single family tree? If you're one of the 32.2 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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P.S. Play this week's Connection Combat game! Are you closer to Martin Luther King, Jr. or King Henry VIII? 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: Boxers.

Comments

Edward (Plantagenet) of England (1312-1377) - 21°- 19th great grandfather.

Louis (Capet) de France (1214 - 1270)-23rd gr grandfather-25°

Aliénor (Aquitaine) of Aquitaine (abt. 1124 - 1204)- 24th gr grandmother-25°

Valdemar den Store (Knudsen) av Danmark (abt.1131-abt.1182)-25th gr grandfather-27°

Aliénor (Aquitaine) of Aquitaine (abt. 1124 - 1204)

Harold Godwinson (Wessex) of England (abt. 1022 - 1066)-28th gr grandfather-30°

Henry VIII Tudor is my 3rd cousins 15 x removed- 18°

(Charlemagne)Charles Carolingian 34th great granddaughter (Uncertain) - 35°

Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau - 15th cousin - 22°

Frederik X of Denmark - 15th cousins -22°

Billie Jean King - 11th cousins-18°

Dr. Catherine King-10th cousins-22°

Mary King-10c6xr -22°

Lady Moira King Shearer-21c1xr-22°

20° from MLK

Answer 1

I am most closely connected to King Henry of England at 17 degrees of separation.

Ancestor

• 36 degrees from Charlemagne Carolingian (34th great grandfather)

Cousins

• 17 degrees from King Henry of England (2C, 16R)
• 21 degrees from Mary Ward (10C, 5R)
• 24 degrees from Catherine King (14C, 6R)
• 20 degrees from Billie Jean King (16C, 2R)
• 21 degrees from Frederik X of Denmark (18C)
• 22 degrees from Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau (18C)
• 23 degrees from Moira Kennedy (18C, 1R)

No Relationship Found

• 20 degrees from King Kamehameha
• 21 degrees from Martin King
• 22 degrees from Philip King
• 23 degrees from Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Answer 2

My closest connections is to Philip King at 16 degrees. 

Ancestor:

35 degrees from Charlemagne Carolingian - (34GG)

Cousins:

18 degrees from Henry of England - (3C, 15xR)
19 degrees from Billie Jean King - (11C)
22 degrees from Catherine King - (12C, 4xR)
19 degrees from Mary Ward - (12C, 7xR)
23 degrees from Frederik X of Denmark - (15C)
24 degrees from Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau - (15C)
21 degrees from Moira Kennedy - (21C, 1xR)
18 degrees from Martin King - (23C, 1xR)

Connections:

16 degrees from Philip King
20 degrees from King Kamehameha
22 degrees from Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Comments

Hi,

How did you confirm Charlemagne was your 34th GGF?

Just curious as I still can't work out this connection business.

Thanks,

Jayne

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At the bottom of Charlemagne's profiles, there are 2 links - one for connections and one for the relationship finder.

If you click the relationship finder, and the page should tell you if there is a relationship found or NO relationship found.

I did that for you and currently the page says there is NO relationship found.

But that does not mean there is no relationship. It is possible that a right connection may happen here on Wikitree, sometime in the future so all is not lost yet. The connection has just not been made yet.

It is estimated that pretty much all modern day Humans of European ancestry are descended from Charlemagne in some way.

Answer 3

 I am closet to Phillip King 16 degrees

19 degrees from Martin King 18 cousin 5xr

17 degrees from Henry of England 3^rd cousin 16xr

33 great grandfather from Charlemagne Carolingian

21 degrees from Frederik X of Denmark 19^th cousin

18 degrees from King Kamehameha

19  degrees from Billie Jean King 14^th cousin

23 degrees from Catherine King 15^th cousin 5xr

19 degrees from Mary Ward 12^th cousin 4xr

16 degrees from Philip King

19 degrees from Moira Kennedy 16^th cousin 2xr

20 degrees from Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

19 degrees from Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau 19^th cousin

Answer 4

Below are my connections those not connected I didn’t list 

34th gg Charles Carolingian (abt. 748 - 814)

Frederik X and Andrew are 17th cousins twice removed

Billie Jean and Andrew are 10th cousins twice removed

Catherine and Andrew are 18th cousins five times removed

Mary and Andrew are 11th cousins 7 times removed

Moira and Andrew are 18th cousins twice removed

Willem-Alexander and Andrew are 17th cousins twice removed

Answer 5

26 degrees from Martin King

22 degrees from Henry of England

37 degrees from Charlemagne Carolingian

22 degrees from Frederik X of Denmark

25 degrees from King Kamehameha

27 degrees from Billie Jean King

17 degrees from Catherine King

20 degrees from Mary Ward

20 degrees from Philip King

21 degrees from Moira Kennedy

21 degrees from Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

22 degrees from Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau

Answer 6

Charlemagne is my 35th great-grandfather

Answer 7

Surprise: I am as closely connected to Henry VIII as to King Kamehameha, both at 27 degrees! Then comes Mary (King) Ward at 28 degrees, and Billie Jean King at 29 degrees. All others above 30, and no cousins anyway.

Fun fact: Like 40% of all Germans, I am, of course, descended from King Charlemagne, even though WikiTree's Connection Finder takes a detour via some Americans ... ;-)

Answer 8

l am 17 degrees from Fredrik  of Denmark (17th cousins twice removed).

20 degrees from Henry of England (14th coucins 11 times removed).

21 degrees from Mary Ward King (21st cousins four times removed).

22 degrees from Wilhelm - Alexander van Oranje - Nassau (17th cousins twice removed).

22 degrees from Moira Kennedy (25th cousins three times removed).

23 degrees from Philip King

23 degrrees from Pötatau Te Wherowhero

25 degrees from Catherine King (25th cousin)

26 degrees from King Kamehameha

28 degrees from Billie Jean King (25th cousins four times removed).

30 degrees from Martin King (26th cousins three times removed).

35 degrees from Charlemagne Carolingian (33rd great Granddaughter)

Answer 9

My closest relation is Charlemagne, who is my 33^rd great-grandfather. The closet connection at 15 degrees and second closest relation is King Henry the VIII of England, who is my 3^rd cousin, 14x removed.

Ancestors and Cousins

• 15 degrees from King Henry the VIII of England – 3^rd cousin, 14x removed.
• 16 degrees from Billie Jean King – 18^th cousin, 2x removed.
• 17 degrees from Mary King – 14^th cousin, 3x removed.
• 20 degrees from Frederik X – 14^th cousin, 3x removed
• 21 degrees from Dr. Catherine King – 13^th cousin, 2x removed.
• 21 degrees from Lady Moira King Shearer – 21^st cousin.
• 22 degrees from King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands – 14^th cousin, 3x removed.
• 33 degrees from Charlemagne – 33^rd great-grandfather.

Connections

• 19 degrees from Philip Park King – 4 branches (4-3-10-3)
• 19 degrees from Martin Luther King, Jr. – 6 branches (1-4-2-5-2-6)
• 20 degrees from Kamehameha, King of Hawaii – 5 branches (3-4-10-3-1)
• 21 degrees from King Pōtatau of the Maori – 4 branches (4-2-5-11)

 

 

Answer 10

The closest connections are Henry Tudor and Moira King, both at 18 degrees.  There are a bunch of distant cousins.  Charlemagne is a direct ancestor, as he allegedly is for most people in Europe and the Americas.

Answer 11

Marcia---Martin Luther King--22 degrees

              Henry VIII---17 degrees (1c, 17xr)

              Billie Jean King---9th cousins

              Charlemagne is my 35th GGF

Tim---Kamehameha---18 degrees

          Henry VIII---18 degrees (3c, 18xr)

          Martin Luther King---22 degrees

          Charlemagne is his 35th GGF

Answer 12

My 2 closest connections are

13 degrees from Moira Kennedy (nee King),

13 degrees from Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

The 2nd one is understandable since he and I are both from New Zealand

The first one I never knew about, but it turns out the connection runs through my mothers biological father and his family whom I never knew of before 2018 When my mother finally did a DNA test.

Comments

Charlemagne is also my 34x Gt Grandfather...

And Charlemagne is also my French Canadian's spouses  32x Gt Grandfather...

Answer 13

My closest connection is to Charlemagne, King of the Franks he is my 33rd G/Grandfather.

King Henry Vlll is my 3rd cousin 16 times removed.

Mary King is my 11th cousin 5 times removed.

Catherine Helen (Murdoch) King is my 14th cousin.

Frederick X King of Denmark is my 14th cousin 3 times removed.

King Willem - Alexander of the Netherlands is my 14th cousin 3 times removed.

Billie Jean King is my 19th cousin.

Lady Moira Shearer King is my 20th cousin twice removed.

Answer 14

My closest are:

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands at 11 degrees (5th cousins);

Frederik X of Denmark at 14 degrees (8th cousins, once removed); and

Henry VIII at 16 degrees (12th great, granduncle through two of his wives).

Charlemagne is my 33rd great, grandfather.

Answer 15

I am closest to King Henry VIII by 17 degrees. :)

He is my 3rd cousin 14 times removed, but the connection is one family branch!

Answer 16

Ancestors and Cousins

• 16 Degrees to Billie Jean King - (14C) Uncertain
• 19 Degrees to Henry of England - (6C, 14xR)
• 19 Degrees to Mary Ward - (8C, 4xR)
• 20 Degrees to Moira Kennedy - (20C, 1xR)
• 24 Degrees to Catherine King - (17C, 3xR)
• 24 Degrees to Frederik X of Denmark - (20C, 1xR)
• 25 Degrees to Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau - (20C, 1xR)
• 35 Degrees to Charlemagne Carolingian - (34GG)

Connections

• 15 Degrees to King Kamehameha
• 19 Degrees to Philip King
• 21 Degrees to Martin King
• 21 Degrees to Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Answer 17

16 degrees Billy Jean King, 15c, 1r, mrca Warenne-114, Mainwaring-15

18 degrees King Henry VIII of England, 4c, 14r, mrca Percy-15, Neville-58

18 degrees Philip King

18 degrees Kamehameha, King of Hawaii

19 degrees Martin Luther King Jr., 20c, 1r, mrca Talboner-1, Thornhill-6

20 degrees Mary King, 11c, 5r, mrca Marrow-2, Throckmorton-365

21 degrees  Lady Moira King Shearer, 17c, 1r, mrca Gascoigne-24

22 degrees Dr. Catherine King, 17c, 3r, mrca Holand-65, Zouche-64

22 degrees Frederik X King of Denmark, 18c, 2r, mrca Neville-58, Percy-15

23 degrees King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands, 18c, 2r, mrca Neville-58, Percy-15

23 degrees King Pōtatau of Maori

34 degrees Charlemagne, King of the Franks, Carolingian-77,  32nd great-grandfather, one branch (35)

Answer 18

17 degrees from Martin Luther King, Jr.

17 degrees from King Henry VIII. 2nd cousin 15 times removed. MRCA Margaret (Beauchamp) Welles (abt 1410 - bef 1482).

17 degrees from Billie Jean King. 15th cousin 1 time removed. MRCA Anne (Huddleston) Curwin (1453 - abt 1502).

19 degrees from Mary (King) Ward. 10th cousin 6th time removed. MRCA Margaret (Hexstall) Ferrers (abt 1445 - bef 1499).

20 degrees from Federik X of Denmark. 17th cousin 1 time removed. MRCA Margaret (Beauchamp) Welles (abt 1410 - bef 1482).

20 degrees from King Kamehameha.

20 degrees from King Potatau of the Maori.

21 degrees from Philip Parker King.

21 degrees from Moira Kennedy. 17th cousin 1 time removed. MRCA Isabella (Wadham) Hill (b. abt 1375).

21 degrees from Willem-Alexander van Orange-Nassau. 17th cousin 1 time removed. MRCA Margaret (Beauchamp) Welles (abt 1410 -bef 1482).

22 degrees from Catherine Helen (Murdoch) King. 14th cousin 6 times removed. MRCA John (Stewart) Stewart of Innermeath (abt 1448 - 1421).

34 degrees from Charlemagne. 32nd great grandson.

Answer 19

18 degrees from Henry of England (3rd cousin, 15x removed)
18 degrees from Billie Jean King (14th cousin, 1x removed)
19 degrees from Martin King
19 degrees from Moira Kennedy (18th cousin, 2x removed)
19 degrees from Pōtatau Te Wherowhero
19 degrees from King Kamehameha
20 degrees from Mary Ward (9th cousin, 8x removed)
20 degrees from Philip King
21 degrees from Frederik X of Denmark (15th cousin)
21 degrees from Catherine King (12th cousin, 4x removed)
22 degrees from Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau (15th cousin)
36 degrees from Charlemagne Carolingian (34th ggf)

Answer 20

Wow!!  

Closest blood connection: Charlemagne Carolingian (38th GGF)

Closest overall connection: King Kamehameha at 18 Degrees

Relations:

• 35 Degrees Charles (Charlemagne) "Karolus Magnus, King of the Franks, Emperor of the Romans" Carolingian (my 38th GGF).  
• 19 Degrees from Henry "Henry VIII King of England" of England KG (3rd C, 17x R).  Our CA is Richard Woodville formerly Wydeville (19th GGF)
• 20 Degrees from Mary Ward formerly King (7th C, 8x R).  Our CA is Sir Thomas Wroth (14th GGF)
• 21 Degrees from Dr. Catherine Helen King MBE formerly Murdoch (18th C, 6x R).  Our CA's are Isabel le Despenser formerly Beauchamp (23rd GGM) and Ela "Countess of Salisbury" Longespee formerly Salisbury
• 23 Degrees from King Frederik X of Denmark (19th C, 1x R).  Our CA's are Joan Wydeville formerly Bedlisgate and Richard Woodville formerly Wydeville (19th GGP)
• 24 Degrees from Willem-Alexander van Oranje-Nassau (19th C, 1x R).  Our CA's are Joan Wydeville formerly Bedlisgate and Richard Woodville formerly Wydeville (19th GGP)
• 20 Degrees from Lady Moira Shearer "Moira Shearer" Kennedy formerly King (21st C, 4x R).  Our CA's are Alice de St John formerly FitzPiers and Sir John "Lord of Basing" de St John (24th GGP)
• 19 Degrees from Billie Jean King formerly Moffitt (23rd C).  Our CA's are Sir Richard de Grey formerly Grey and Joan de Grey formerly FitzPayn (22nd GGP).

Family connections:

• 18 Degrees from King Kalani-Paiea-Wohi-o-Kaleikini-Keali'i-Kui-Kamehameha-o-'Iolani-i-Kaiwikapu-Kau-i-Kaliholiho-Kunuiakea (King) "Kamehameha the Conqueror"
• 21 Degrees from RAdm Philip Parker King FRS RN
• 21 Degrees from Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
• 22 Degrees from King Pōtatau Te Wherowhero