I have a few Authors and Poets in my Family. One of them is myself, a want to be Author(but not published yet), but hope to be some day.
Stephen King, Author, and my favorite, is my 8th Cousin.
Mary LeBlanc is my 4th cousin, and she is the Author of The Book, Man & Mann Family Branches-The Descendants and Ancestors of Abijah Man of Hebron, Tolland Co. Connecticut.
Julia Child, Author and Chef is my 8th Cousin 2x Removed.
Walt Whitman, Poet, Essayist, and Journalist, is my 6th Cousin 4x Removed.
Helen Adams Keller, Author, is my 7th Cousin 2x Removed.
Edgar Allan Poe, Poet, and Author, is my 7th Cousin 4x Removed.
Jimmy Carter, Author, and 39th President of The United States, is my 8th Cousin 3x Removed.
e e cummings, Author, is my 8th Cousin 2x Removed.
Mark Twain (aka Samuel Langhorne Clemens), Author, is my 8th Cousin 2x Removed.
Henry David Thoreau, Author, Poet, is my 5th Cousin 5x Removed.
Thomas Paine, Author, is my 6th Cousin 5x Removed.