Doctor Who Connection Combat: William Hartnell vs David Tennant

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Following this week's "Doctor Who" family connection theme, our Connection Combat game features the first and tenth doctors, William Hartnell and David Tennant. 

Here's how the game is played:

1. Check your connection to William Hartnell and David Tennant (click "Connection to Me" in each profile pull-down menu).
2. Click "Answer this post" below. Choose Team Hartnell or Team Tennant and say how many degrees are in your chosen connection path.
3. Verify each relationship along your connection path with a reliable source [more explanation].
4. Post a comment below your answer here as soon as you're done.

The players with the closest verified connection wins!

There are seven additional ways to win and enter the Connection Combat Hall of Fame. These require clearing your path of all "WikiTree Weevils."

This game runs from March 12 - March 19. Winners will be announced on March 12.

Do you want to help others? We call this "combat" just for fun. It's really more about collaboration than competition. Please participate in your team's Aid Station and stop by when you have questions or problems.

• Team Hartnell Aid Station
• Team Tennant Aid Station

You can also chat live on Discord. See the Connection Combat help page for more information.

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Team Tennant - 23 degrees

0. David McDonald aka Tennant
1.  Georgia Moffett - his wife
2. Sandra Searles - her mother
3. Harold Searles - her father
4. Clarence Searles - his father
5. Mary Tarbos - his mother
6. Silas Tarbox - her father
7. David Tarbox - his father
8. Abigail Mack - his mother
9. Elisha Mack - her father
10. Josiah Mack - his father
11. Ebenezer Mack - his brother
12. Hannah Huntley - his wife
13. Phebe Huntley - her sister
14. Nicodemus Miller - her husband
15. Hannah Miller - his sister
16. Mercy Blatchley - her daughter
17. Elizabeth McKinney - her daughter
18. Daniel Akin - her son
19. Daniel Akin - his son
20. Harlan Akin - his son
21. Bud Akin - his son
22. Brad Akin - his son, my husband
23. Debra Adams - his wife, me

Round about and convoluted, but the Connection exists. All verified. Had to add some sources to 2 profiles but able to prove relationships.

Answer 1

Winner: Cayla Ray (16) for Team Tennant!

• Gold Hero: Cayla Ray (16) Tennant
• Silver Hero: Steve Hatchett (18) Tennant
• Bronze Hero: Azure Robinson (20) Tennant
• Gold Veteran: Sheena Tait (33) Hartnell
• Silver Veteran: Mildred Wheeler (27) Tennant
• Bronze Veteran: Laura Franks (25) Hartnell
• Scout: Kevin Smith Tennant
• Medics:Mildred Wheeler (62)
• Double Agents: Frank Blankenship
• Peacemaker: Chris O'Connell
• International Legionnarie: N/A

Answer 2

Team Tennant for me (he's my favorite anyway)! 25 degrees through my Holston line.

Answer 3

I'll go for it this week :-)  Team Hartnell for me - 29 degrees through my paternal grandmother's line.

Comments

Excellent! Be sure you come back and tell us how many you were able to verify.. :-)

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Just conclusively broken the chain - two supposed sisters had different parents 

I'm now 33 degrees away - still through my paternal grandmother.

Answer 4

Both William Hartnell and David Tennant were from UK families. My family is all from the UK. But my connection to William (29 degrees) is via the U.S. and to David (25 degrees) is via Australia!

I'm guessing neither William or David are very well connected at this point.

Comments

Huh, interesting! Be sure to come back and tell us how many you were able to verify.

Answer 5

It's team Tennant for me at 22 degrees.  This line is verified and completed.

Comments

Nice job, Kevin!

Answer 6

20 from my favorite Doctor!! Team Tennant
:) azure
 

√ Verified the whole connection path!!

0. David McDonald→√
1. Georgia Moffett(his wife)→√
2. Sandra Searles(her mother)→√
3. Harold Searles(her father)→√
4. Clarence Searles(his father)→√
5. Mary Tarbos(his mother)→√
6. Silas Tarbox(her father)→√
7. David Tarbox(his father)→√
8. Abigail Mack(his mother)→√
9. Elisha Mack(her father)→√
10. Josiah Mack(his brother)→√
11. Sarah Mack(his daughter)→√
12. Jonah Phelps(her husband)→√
13. David Phelps(his brother)→√
14. Elihu Phelps(his son)→√
15. Amanda Phelps(his daughter)→√
16. William Jones(her son)→√
17. Lucy Jones(his daughter)→√
18. Alice Harrison(her daughter)→√
19. Frances Peasley(her daughter)→√
20. Azure Robinson (her daughter) 

Comments

Sweet, good work!

Answer 7

Team Tennant for me this week – 24 degrees. (I'm 27 from William Hartnell)

Answer 8

Team Tennant at 23 degrees! Checked, cleaned up and verified.

0. David McDonald
1. Georgia Moffett (his wife) →
2. Sandra Searles (her mother) →
3. Harold Searles (her father) →
4. Clarence Searles (his father) →
5. Mary Tarbos (his mother) →
6. Silas Tarbox (her father) →
7. Mary Burrows (his mother) →
8. Daniel Burrows (her father) →
9. Mary Burrows (his wife) →
10. Jedediah Randall (her husband) →
11. Jonathan Randall (his father) →
12. Anna Maxson (his wife) →
13. Joshua Maxson (her father) →
14. John Maxson (his father) →
15. Joseph Maxson (his brother) →
16. Ephraim Maxson (his son) →
17. Jesse Maxson (his son) →
18. Charity Maxson (his daughter) →
19. Barbara Weaver (her daughter) →
20. George Roth (her son) →
21. Lillian Roth (his daughter) →
22. Larry Sayers-Howell (her son) →
23. Shonda Sayers-Howell (his daughter)

Answer 9

Team Hartnell! 25 degrees through my great-grandmother Wattenbarger line.

Comments

Be sure to let us know by tomorrow night how many you were able to verify!

Answer 10

David Tennant 23 degrees to William Hartnell 25 degrees.

Team Tennant!

Now, let's see if we I can find a clean connection path for them.

Comments

     0. David Tennant

1. his wife Georgia Moffett 
2. her mother Sandra Searles 
3. her father Harold Searles 
4. his father Clarence Searles 
5. his mother Mary Tarbos 
6. her fathter Silas Tarbox 
7. his father David Tarbox 
8. his father David Tarbox  
9. his father David Tarbox
10. his sister Hannah Tarbox
11. her husband Joshua Phelps Sr
12. his sister Hannah Phelps
13. her son Weeks Rowley
14. his son Luther Rowley
15. his wife Jane Dunlap
16. her father Samuel Dunlap
17. his brother William Dunlap
18. his son Mason Morgan Dunlap
19. his daughter Elvira Pemberton Dunlap
20. her son Walter Bachelor Brafford
21. his son Chauncey Walling Brafford
22. his daughter My Mom
23. her daughter ME

Answer 11

I chose David Tennant at 23 degrees. I read them over and added sources where I could. A lot of varied interesting people this week, and a lot of gifted researchers!

1. David McDonald-5567
2. Georgia Moffett-327
3. Sandra Searles-184
4. Harold Searles-185
5. Clarence Searles-186
6. Mary Tarbos-1
7. Silas Tarbox-162
8. Mary Burrows-969
9. Daniel Burrows-51
10. Silas Burrows-175
11. Elizabeth Rathburn-57
12. Jonathan Rathburn-55
13. Mercy Rathbone-138
14. Marcy Burch-132
15. Daniel Eddy-532
16. Omri Edy-41
17. Daniel Edy-40
18. William Edy-39
19. Lorenzo Daniel Edy-8
20. Maggie Hastings-591
21. Catherine Hastings-4193
22. Eda McLeod-6911
23. My Dad
24. Myself Finch-7411

Answer 12

Team Tennant at 21 degrees!

Comments

Be sure to come back and let us know by tomorrow night how many you were able to verify!

Answer 13

team Tennant but both say 31 degrees and are via roundabout ways

Comments

Be sure to let us know by tomorrow night how many you were able to verify!

Answer 14

17 degrees from David Tennant, but there are a couple of private person links in there so I can't verify it.

Answer 15

Done. David Tennant is 24 verified connections away.

Answer 16

Team Hartnell with 25 degrees of separation, although I'm really Team Tennant at heart! ;)

EDIT: confirmed all the connections.

William Hartnell

1 Heather McIntyre (his wife)

2 Thomas McIntyre (her father)

3 Mary McIntyre (his sister)

4 George Harmsworth (her husband)

5 Jack Harmsworth (his brother)

6 John Harmsworth (his son)

7 Mora Kelly (his wife)

8. Patrick Kelly (her father)

9 Kate Kelly (his sister)

10 John Emmett (her husband)

11 John George Cheere Emmett (his father)

12 William Thomas Lawson Emmett (his brother

13 Frances McMaster (his wife)

14 David McMaster (her brother)

15 Joseph McMaster (his son)

16 Maud Eliza McMaster (his daughter)

17 Joseph Atkins (her husband)

18 John Arnold Atkins (his father)

19 James Atkins (his father)

20 Joseph Atkins (his brother)

21 James Atkins (his son)

22 Charles Atkins (his son)

23 My Grandfather (private)

24 My Mother (private)

25 ME! :)

Answer 17

Team Tennant and Team  Hartnell are tied as far as connections are concerned for me, both coming in at 22 degrees. If the edge needs to be broken, Tennants connection is all one color (yellow) because it seems I may be related to his wife.

0. David McDonald

1. Georgia Moffett (his wife)

2. Sandra Searles (her mother)

3. Harold Searles (her father)

4. Clarence Searles (his father)

5. Mary Tarbos (his mother)

6. Silas Tarbox (her father)

7. David Tarbox (his father0

8. Abigail Mack (his mother)

9. Elisha Mack (her father)

10. Josiah Mack (his father)

11. Sarah Bagley (his mother)

12. Kate Ogg (her sister)

13. Margaret Talbot (her daughter)

14. Alice Grisell (her daughter)

15. Thomas Watson (her son)

16. Jerusha Watson (his daughter)

17. Mary Jones (her daughter)

18. Daniel Edward Motley (her son)

19. Emily Motley (his daughter)

20. John Blair (her son)

21. Irene Blair (his daughter)

22. Frank Blankenship (her son)

Answer 18

William Hartnell is 22 Degrees from Frank Blankenship

0. William Hartnell
   →
1. ✖Heather McIntyre
   (his wife) →
2. ✖Thomas McIntyre
   (her father) →
3. ✖Jane Armstrong
   (his mother) →
4. ✖Thomas Armstrong
   (her brother) →
5. ✖John Armstrong
   (his son) →
6. ✖Archie Armstrong
   (his son) →
7. ✖Thelma Teters
   (his wife) →
8. ✖Charles Teters
   (her father) →
9. ✖Clarissa Moore
   (his mother) →
10. ✖Celia Dudley
    (her mother) →
11. ✖Elizabeth Dudley
    (her sister) →
12. ✖Frances Herring
    (her daughter) →
13. ✖Augustine Jones
    (her husband) →
14. ✖Rosanna Boaz
    (his mother) →
15. ✖Nancie Boaz
    (her sister) →
16. ✖Mary Still
    (her daughter) →
17. ✖Caroline Breedlove
    (her daughter) →
18. ✖John Easley
    (her son) →
19. ✖Mary Blair
    (his wife) →
20. ✖John Blair
    (her brother) →
21. ✖Irene Blair
    (his daughter) →
22. Frank Blankenship
    (her son)

Answer 19

Not an answer so much as a question, my maiden name is Dion and so many of my connections are not to me but to my ex husband on his Sheldon line. How can I remove me from connections that run to Sheldon instead of Dion?

Comments

At the 'connection to me' screen you can click on the x in the name box of the specific person (your ex husband).

Answer 20

22 Degrees from David McDonald (Tennant)

0. Lise Hamack
1. Sandra Gordon (her mother)
2. Lois Jennings (her mother)
3. Marilla Yaw (her mother)
4. George Yaw( her brother)
5. Jennie Luther (his wife)
6. Burton Luther (her father)
7. Enoch Luther (his father)
8. Cynthia Tower (his mother)
9. Enoch Tower (her father)
10. Deborah Tower (his sister)
11. Lillis Stetson (her daughter)
12. Araunah Fullerton (her husband)
13. Ruth Fullerton (his sister)
14. William Poole (her son)
15. William Poole (his son)
16. Emma Poole (his daughter)
17. Fred Holbert (her son)
18. Cora Holbert (his daughter)
19. Harold Searles (her son)
20. Sandra Searles (his daughter)
21. Georgia Moffett (her daughter)
22. David McDonald (her husband)