Which Rabbit are you most closely connected to?

Question

Our featured connections this Easter week are bunnies. Which rabbit are you most closely connected to? Is it Bugs Bunny (Mel Blanc)? Or, is it Officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin in Zootopia)?

Here are more bunnies to check your connection to:

• Bunny Adair, Australian politician
• Dick Bruna, creator of "Miffy"
• Bunny DeBarge, singer
• Peter Dinklage, portrayed the "Velveteen Rabbit" in a stage production
• Sam George Edwards, voice of "Thumper" in Bambi
• Marty Krofft, who wrote the episode "Take Me To Your Rabbit"
• Junius Matthews, voice of "Rabbit" in Winnie the Pooh
• Bunny Mellon, designer of the White House rose garden
• Richard Adams, author of Watership Down
• Rabbit Warstler, baseball player

Which of these is closest to you on our single family tree? If you're one of the 32.5 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

17 degrees from Junius Matthews (CC1476) (11th cousin, 4x removed)
17 degrees from Rachel Mellon (CC2389)(8th cousin, 4x removed)
17 degrees from Sam Edwards (CC152)
19 degrees from Marty Krofft (CC40)
20 degrees from Harold Warstler (CC307)
20 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin (CC231) (15th cousin, 1x removed)
20 degrees from Bunny DeBarge (CC533)
21 degrees from Mel Blanc (CC73)
24 degrees from Dick Bruna (CC493)
25 degrees from Richard Adams (CC628)
27 degrees from Herbert Adair (CC207)
31 degrees from Peter Dinklage (CC87)

Answer 2

17 degrees Rachel Mellon, three branches (1-5-12), her husband, Lloyd-9257, 7c, 1r, mrca Guest-6, Morris-429

17 degrees Junius Matthews, two branches (9-9), 8, 1r, mrca Penn-117, Wheeler-219

20 degrees Ginnifer Goodwin, three branches (7-5-9), 14c, 2r, mrca Johan (Unknown) Ryves, Unknown-205360, Robert Ryves, Ryves-16

21 degrees Marty Krofft, six branches (2-6-3-4-3-4)

21 degrees Sam Edwards, four branches (4-6-3-9)

22 degrees Harold Warstler, four branches (7-4-4-8)

22 degrees Bunny DeBarge, four branches (2-7-5-9)

23 degrees Mel Blanc, seven branches (1-2-6-3-5-1-6)

25 degrees Richard Adams, five branches (4-2-4-6-10)

27 degrees Dick Bruna, seven branches (4-1-3-7-2-2-9)

28 degrees Herbert Adair, six branches (2-4-3-6-3-11)

36 degrees Peter Dinklage, six branches (8-2-5-2-3-17)

Answer 3

Ancestors and Cousins:

19 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin - 16C (uncertain)

Connections:

18 degrees from Junius Matthews
19 degrees from Harold Warstler
20 degrees from Mel Blanc
20 degrees from Rachel Mellon
21 degrees from Sam Edwards
22 degrees from Bunny DeBarge
23 degrees from Marty Krofft
25 degrees from Richard Adams
26 degrees from Herbert Adair
28 degrees from Dick Bruna
35 degrees from Peter Dinklage

Answer 4

Cousins (Other Connection)
Ginnifer Goodwin - 18C - (24 degrees)

Connections
Junius Matthews - 20 degrees
Rachel Mellon - 22 degrees
Mel Blanc - 24 degrees
Bunny DeBarge - 26 degrees
Sam Edwards - 26 degrees
Marty Krofft - 26 degrees
Dick Bruna - 27 degrees
Harold Warstler - 27 degrees
Richard Adams - 28 degrees
Herbert Adair - 29 degrees
Peter Dinklage - 37 degrees

Answer 5

16 degrees from Junius Matthews.  This goes through my father-in-law, the least-connected path most weeks.

Just one cousin, Ginnifer Goodwin 8th once removed.  Our MRCA was Mary (Carlyle) Haines.  She is listed as an immigrant to the USA from England in the late 1600s, but there were apparently many who believed she was Native American.  The number of generations is about right to explain my 0.3% Native American heritage on 23andme.  Of course this would be essentially impossible to verify.

Answer 6

My closet ancestor is Ginnifer Goodwin, who is my 10^th cousin, 3x removed. My closet connections are Junius Matthews and Sam George Edwards at 18 degrees.

Ancestors and Cousins

• 21 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin – 10^th cousin, 3x removed.

 

Connections

• 18 degrees from Junius Matthews – 4 branches (5-4-2-8)
• 18 degrees from Sam George Edwards – 4 branches (6-4-3-6)
• 19 degrees from Bunny Mellon – 6 branches (1-3-4-3-2-7)
• 20 degrees from Rabbit Warstler – 4 branches (6-7-5-3)
• 21 degrees from Mel Blanc – 5 branches (1-2-6-6-7)
• 21 degrees from Marty Krofft – 5 branches (2-4-5-3-8)
• 22 degrees from Bunny DeBarge – 5 branches (2-10-4-4-3)
• 23 degrees from Dick Bruna – 4 branches (4-5-3-12)
• 23 degrees from Richard Adams – 4 branches (4-2-10-8)
• 25 degrees from Bunny Adair – 4 branches (3-11-4-8)
• 34 degrees from Peter Dinklage – 9 branches (8-2-4-3-3-1-2-4-8)

Answer 7

My closest at 17 degrees is Harold Warstler (7th cousins, twice removed).

Answer 8

Cousin

• 23 degrees - Ginnifer Goodwin
  • 17C4R -- MRCA - John Throckmorton MP (abt. 1382 - abt. 1445), Eleanor Spine (abt. 1380 - 1467)

Connections

• 19 degrees - Rachel Mellon
• 19 degrees - Harold Warstler
• 20 degrees - Junius Matthews
• 21 degrees - Mel Blanc
• 23 degrees - Bunny Adair
• 23 degrees - Sam Edwards
• 23 degrees - Marty Krofft
• 25 degrees - Bunny DeBarge
• 26 degrees - Richard Adams
• 27 degrees - Dick Bruna
• 34 degrees - Peter Dinklage

Answer 9

26 degrees from Herbert Adair,
19 degrees from Richard Adams,
27 degrees from Mel Blanc,
21 degrees from Dick Bruna,
26 degrees from Bunny DeBarge,
31 degrees from Peter Dinklage,
26 degrees from Sam Edwards,
26 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin,
28 degrees from Marty Krofft,
25 degrees from Junius Matthews,
25 degrees from Rachel Mellon
and 27 degrees from Harold Warstler

Answer 10

I am most closely connected to Junius Matthews at 16 degrees of separation.

Cousin

• 21 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin (17C, 1R)

No Relationship Found

• 16 degrees from Junius Matthews
• 17 degrees from Mel Blanc
• 17 degrees from Rachel Mellon
• 19 degrees from Harold Warstler
• 20 degrees from Bunny DeBarge
• 21 degrees from Sam Edwards
• 22 degrees from Marty Krofft
• 25 degrees from Richard Adams
• 27 degrees from Dick Bruna
• 28 degrees from Herbert Adair
• 33 degrees from Peter Dinklage

Answer 11

18 degrees from Rachel Mellon
19 degrees from Junius Matthews
20 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin (15th cousins once removed)
20 degrees from Harold Warstler
21 degrees from Bunny DeBarge
21 degrees from Marty Krofft
21 degrees from Sam Edwards
23 degrees from Mel Blanc
24 degrees from Herbert Adair
26 degrees from Richard Adams
29 degrees from Dick Bruna
33 degrees from Peter Dinklage

Answer 12

I am 19 Degrees from Richard Adams - Author of Watership Down

Answer 13

I am most closely connected to Bunny Mellon at 22 degrees.

Answer 14

18 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin - 3 branches (8-7-4) 10th cousin 2x removed

19 degrees from Junius Matthews - 2 branches (8-10)

19 degrees from Bunny Mellon - 5 branches (1-1-5-6-7)

20 degrees from Bunny DeBarge - 4 branches (4-3-7-7)

20 degrees from Mel Blanc - 5 branches (1-2-6-8-4)

21 degrees from Rabbit Warstler - 4 branches (6-5-2-9)

22 degrees from Sam George Edwards - 4 branches (6-3-7-7)

22 degrees from Marty Krofft - 5 branches (2-4-6-3-8)

24 degrees from Richard Adams - 5 branches (4-2-4-9-6)

27 degrees from Dick Bruna - 6 branches (4-5-4-6-4-5)

28 degrees from Bunny Adair - 7 branches (2-4-2-2-4-6-9)

36 degrees from Peter Dinklage - 8 branches (8-2-4-3-3-1-4-12)

Answer 15

Ginnifer Goodwin and I are 17th cousins twice removed

The closest through marriage is Junius Matthews at 18 Degrees 2 branches (8-11)

Answer 16

• 30 degrees from Herbert Adair
• 26 degrees from Richard Adams
• 22 degrees from Mel Blanc
• 29 degrees from Dick Bruna
• 26 degrees from Bunny DeBarge
• 38 degrees from Peter Dinklage
• 25 degrees from Sam Edwards
• 23 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin
• 26 degrees from Marty Krofft
• 19 degrees from Junius Matthews
• 22 degrees from Rachel Mellon
• 23 degrees from Harold Warstler

Answer 17

Ancestors and Cousins

• 18 Degrees - Rachel Mellon (7C 3xR)
• 19 Degrees - Ginnifer Goodwin (12C 2xR) Uncertain
• 19 Degrees - Junius Matthews (12c 4xR) Uncertain)

Connections

• 17 Degrees - Harold Warstler
• 21 Degrees - Mel Blanc
• 21 Degrees - Sam Edwards
• 22 Degrees - Bunny DeBarge
• 22 Degrees - Richard Adams
• 24 Degrees - Marty Krofft
• 25 Degrees - Herbert Adair
• 26 Degrees - Dick Bruna
• 35 Degrees - Peter Dinklage

Answer 18

16 degrees from Rachel Mellon. 9th cousin 1 time removed. MRCA Elizabeth (Chilfont) Perrin (1614 - 1686). Some uncertainty.

18 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin. 8th cousin 1 time removed. MRCA Robert Woodson (1660 - bef 1730).

18 degrees from Junius Matthews.

19 degrees from Mel Blanc.

19 degrees from Sam Edwards.

20 degrees from Marty Krofft.

20 degrees from Harold Warstler.

21 degrees from Bunny DeBarge.

25 degrees from Richard Adams.

26 degrees from Dick Bruna.

27 degrees from Herbert Adair.

36 degrees from Peter Dinklage.

Answer 19

Not many Rabbits, but some close hares (sorry, had to say that!!)

Relations:

• 21 Degrees from Ginnifer M. Goodwin (14th C, 2x R).  Our CA's are Richard "1st Baron Rich" Rich MP (15th GGF) and Sir Hugh "1st Earl of Winchester" le Despenser formerly Despenser (23rd GGF)
• 18 Degrees from Rachel Lowe "Bunny" Mellon formerly Lambert (16th C, 2x R).  Our CA's are Johanna (Jane) Frowyk formerly Sturgeon and Sir Thomas Frowyk KB MP JP (17th GGP)

Family Connections: 

• 19 Degrees from Junius Conyers Matthews
• 20 Degrees from Sam George Edwards
• 21 Degrees from Mortimer (Marty) "Moshopopulos" Krofft
• 21 Degrees from Bunny DeBarge
• 23 Degrees from Melvin Jerome (Mel) Blanc
• 24 Degrees from Harold Burton "Rabbit" Warstler
• 26 Degrees from Richard George Adams
• 27 Degrees from Herbert Arthur "Bunny" Adair
• 27 Degrees from Hendrikus Magdalenus (Dick) Bruna
• 36 Degrees from Peter H. Dinklage

Answer 20

Mel Blanc is 26 Degrees from Eva Kujawa