National Parks Connection Combat: Teddy Roosevelt or Paul Kruger?

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Connection Combat this week features two National Park champions: US President Teddy Roosevelt and South African President Paul Kruger.

Here's how the game is played:

  1. Check your connection to Teddy Roosevelt and Paul Kruger (click "Connection to Me" in each profile pull-down menu).
  2. Click "Answer this post" below. Choose Team Roosevelt  or Team Kruger and say how many degrees are in your chosen connection path.
  3. See if you can verify each relationship along your connection path with a reliable source [more explanation].
  4. Post comments below your answer as you progress and when you run into trouble. Someone else might be able to help.

The player with the closest verified connection wins! For overachievers, there are also seven additional ways to win and enter the Connection Combat Hall of Fame.

Will you join us? Answer below.

This game runs from April 23-30.

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30 Answers

+14 votes
Team Roosevelt for me! 19 degrees.
by Eowyn Walker G2G Astronaut (2.5m points)
+14 votes

Team Roosevelt for me at 17 degrees

He's my wife's 6th cousin 3 removed, and my 7th cousin 5 removed. Coincidentally,  my great grandfather was a recipient of the Roosevelt  Medal for helping construct the Panama Canal.

Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt (his father) confident
Cornelius Roosevelt (his father) confident
Maria Van Schaack (his mother) confident
Cornelius Van Schaack (her father) confident
Cornelius Van Schaack (his father) confident
Margrietje Wyngaard (his mother) confident
Gerrit Luycasz Wingaart (her brother) confident
Hester Wyngart (his daughter) confident
Garret Brodhead (her son) confident
Richard Brodhead (his son) confident
Rachel Brodhead (his daughter) confident
Garrett Linderman (her son) confident
Garrett Linderman (his son) confident
Stuart Linderman (his son) confident
private (their child) confident
private (their child) confident
Me (their spouse) confident

by Steve Hatchett G2G6 Mach 2 (22.0k points)
edited by Steve Hatchett
+14 votes
Team Roosevelt for me.

Teddy Roosevelt is my closest relative.  We are 12C3R at 16 degrees
by Alice Thomsen G2G6 Pilot (235k points)
+14 votes
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. - 14° - 15th C 3xR
Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Kruiger) Kruger - 24° - 20th C 6xR

Decisions, decisions. Both are related to me, a 15th C & a 22nd C; a short 1 & a long 1. I would go long, but he is out of my world & I lost my world travel pass, so I will have to go with the short connection & go Team Roosevelt who goes through my Brunson/Tarpley/Towels/Longworth line. Except for Teddy & his daughter, everyone in this line is related to me.
by Living Brunson G2G6 Pilot (102k points)
+13 votes
Teddy for me 21 degrees
by Anne Fiordalisi G2G6 Mach 6 (61.8k points)
+12 votes
Team Roosevelt, Roosevelt-18, is 19 degrees, three branches (2-7-11)

0. President Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Roosevelt-18

1. his son, Brigadier Theodore Roosevelt III, Roosevelt-41

2. his wife, Alexander-2510

3. her mother, Green-16638

4. her father, Green-21623

5. his father, Green-21609

6. his mother, May-6223

7. her mother, Whitcomb-1681

8. her sister, Whitcomb-1299

9. her husband, French-7398

10. his father, French-7050

11. his sister, French-935

12. her daughter, Colburn-559

13. her son, Wheeler-5189

14. his son, Wheeler-5195

15. his son, Wheeler-18871

16. his son, Wheeler-18812

17. his son, Wheeler-18807

18. his son, Wheeler-18911

19. his daughter, Wheeler-18799

All the above lines are connected and verified.

President Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Roosevelt-18, is 38 degrees from Mildred Wheeler, Wheeler-18799: One branch (39). All lines are connected through a common ancestor: Elizabeth (Segrave) Mowbray (1338—bef-1368), Segrave-1.

0. Roosevelt-18

1. his father, Roosevelt-26

2. his mother, Barnhill-1

3. her mother, Potts-1369

4. her father, Potts-1525

5. his mother, McVeagh-1

6. her father, McVeagh-22

7. his father, McVeagh-25

8. his mother, Hussey-1756

9. her mother, Plunkett-550

10. her father, Plunkett-340

11. his father, Plunkett-218

12. his father, Plunkett-215

13. his mother, Fleming-2502

14. her mother, Welles-66

15. her father, Welles-67

16. his father, Welles-186

17. his mother, Mowbray-3

18. her mother, Segrave-1

19. her daughter, Mowbray-102

20. her daughter, Grey-7

21. her daughter, Ogle-79

22. her daughter, Heron-446

23. her daughter, Heron-49

24. her daughter, Tailboys-2

25. her daughter, Tyrwhit-8

26. her daughter, Thimbleby-2

27. her son, Welby-4

28. His daughter, Welby-8, is a Magna Carta Gateway Ancestor and descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy, Quincy-226. Olive (Welby) Farwell migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

29. her daughter, Farwell-69

30. her daughter, Bates-2239

31. her daughter, Richardson-6924

32. her son, Coburn-618

33. his daughter, Coburn-624

34. her son, Wheeler-18871

35. his son, Wheeler-18812

36. his son, Wheeler-18807

37. his son, Wheeler-18911

38. his daughter, Wheeler-18799

All the above lines are connected and verified.

President Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt-18 is 19 degrees from Mildred Wheeler, Wheeler-18799, three branches (2-9-9).

0. Roosevelt-18

1. his sister, Roosevelt-20

2. her husband, Cowles-1

3. his mother, Sheffield-129

4. her mother, Chase-11627

5. her father, Chase-7333

6. his father, Chase-803

7. his father, Chase-650

8. his brother, Chase-871

9. his daughter, Chase-5010

10. her daughter. Merrill-3077

11. her husband, Hildreth-379

12. his father, Hildreth-378

13. his sister, Hildreth-382

14. her daughter, Coburn-624

15. her son, Wheeler-18871

16. his son, Wheeler-18871

17. his son, Wheeler-18807

18. his son, Wheeler-18911

19. his daughter, Wheeler-18799

President Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Kruiger) Kruger, Kruiger-2 is 22 degrees, three branches (2-11-10)

0. Kruiger-2

1. his father, Kruger-324

2. his wife, Du_Plezie-1

3. her father, Dupliss-1

4. his father, Du_Plisie-2

5. his mother, Gerritse-17

6. her father, Jansen-2357

7. his mother, Jacobs-4571

8. her father, Abrahamsz-1

9. his sister, Abrahams-38

10. her son, Elissen-8

11. his son, Van_Bunschoten-31

12. his son, Van_Bunschoten-54

13. his wife, Lossing-65

14. her mother, Schouten-84

15. her sister, Schouten-833

16. her daughter, Oakley-1363

17. her son, Polmanteer-68

18. his son, Palmateer-67

19. his daughter, Palmateer-1115

20. her son, Wheeler-18807

21. his son, Wheeler-18911

22. his daughter, Wheeler-18799
by Mildred Wheeler G2G6 Mach 8 (86.2k points)
edited by Mildred Wheeler
+12 votes
Team Roosevelt for me, at 17 degrees. (I'm also a bit surprised that I'm only 19 away from Paul Kruger, it's a small world.)
by Erin Breen G2G6 Pilot (343k points)
+13 votes
Team Roosevelt: 18th cousin 6 times removed (16 Degrees)
by Aaron Gullison G2G6 Pilot (187k points)
+12 votes
Team Teddy!! He is my 7th cousin 3 times removed!
by Michelle Enke G2G6 Pilot (428k points)
I highly doubt if this line is correct. It has the woman giving birth to all her other children in NY, with my ancestor, Anna (Miller) Maupin (1797-1889), being born in VA in between.  Hmmm. Very unlikely. Will need some checking.
+13 votes
Teddy Roosevelt is 18 degrees. Paul Kruger is 19 degrees. I will go with Team Roosevelt. There are several private profiles along the way, but they are all profiles that I can access.
by David Carlson G2G6 Pilot (369k points)
0. Theodore Roosevelt-18√
1. Corinne Roosevelt-22 his sister√
2. Douglas Robinson-21 her husband√
3. Douglas Robinson-33575 his father√
4. William Robinson-15544 his father√
5. George Robinson-37295 his father√
6. Mary Monro-252 his mother√
7. William Munro-929 her brother√
8. William Munro-502 his son√
9. Jane Munro-501 his daughter√
10. Elsie Skinner-1531 her daughter√
11. Alex Finnie-421 her son√
12. Alex Finnie-420 his son√
13. Duncan Finnie-346 his son√
14. private his daughter√
15. private her son√
16. private his wife√
17. private her mother√
18. David Carlson-1933 her brother√

Everything looks good!
David: Did you have to type this information above in? If not how were you able to copy and Paste it?

Second, how are you able to get these lines so close together without space in between? I am still learning?

Thank you in advance
There is probably some way to cut and paste this information but I do not know how. As for the single spacing: after I typed out all the information (double spaced) I clicked on Add comment, then I went to edit, then I just backspaced the blank lines out.
David thank you very much. I will give that a try.
If you click on Shift and Enter, it will put in one space instead of double spacing. Have no idea why or how, found out by accident.
Debra thank you very much
+13 votes
Team Roosevelt

I'm 19 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt
by James McGuire G2G1 (1.3k points)
+12 votes

14 degrees (1 branch) - Teddy Roosevelt - 4th cousin, 5x removed. All lines confirmed and cleaned up.

0. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. →
1. Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (father) →
2. Margaret Barnhill (mother) →
3. Robert Barnhill (father) →
4. Sarah Craig (mother) →
5. Margaret Craig (sister) →
6. Sarah Barclay (daughter) →
7. Margaret Hufty (daughter) →
8. Mary Moredock (daughter) →
9. Eli Worthington (son) →
10. Commodore Worthington (son) →
11. Philip Worthington (son) →
12. Arthur Worthington (son) →
13. Joan Worthington (daughter) →
14. Shonda Sayers-Howell Feather (daughter) 

by Shonda Feather G2G6 Pilot (415k points)
+13 votes

Team Kruger

  1. Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruiger
  2. Elsie Steyn
    (his mother)
  3. Anna Martha Steyn
    (her sister)
  4. Andries Venter
    (her husband)
  5. Jan Michiel Andries Venter
    (his son)
  6. Andreas Petrus Venter
    (his son)
  7. Johannes Philippus Venter
    (his son)
  8. Johannes Lodewikus Venter
    (his son)
  9. Hester Elizabeth Gertruida Venter
    (his daughter)

  10. (her son)
  11. (his son)
by Louis Heyman G2G6 Mach 9 (94.7k points)
edited by Louis Heyman
This is my first time competing in this type of challange, it is really interesting. Is the reporting of the names above enough, the last two profiles are private. Must I state next to each profile it's weevil and confidence or whether there is a Birth, marriage or death source, because i am reasonably sure everything should be there.
+12 votes
Team Kruger, 9 degrees

Rosevelt is double as far, at 18
by NC Brummer G2G6 Mach 1 (15.8k points)
+11 votes
I am closer to Teddy Roosevelt (18° - 18th cousin once removed). Paul Kruger is my 20th cousin 4 times removed (20°).
by Liza Gervais G2G6 Pilot (394k points)
+11 votes
by Susanna Hendrina Elisa de Bruyn G2G6 Mach 5 (59.6k points)
+11 votes

16 connections to Teddy Roosevelt for me, from common ancestor 

Neeltje Cornelis "Neeltje" Stille
Born before  in New Amsterdam, New Netherland.
by David Tiemann G2G Crew (850 points)
+10 votes
Team Roosevelt, he's my 16th causing once removed.
by Michael van der Molen G2G Crew (500 points)
+9 votes

I am related to seven of the National Parks Connections:

15º George Grinnell: 6th cousin/2xr MRCA Phebe (Richardson) Baldwin

16º Theodore Roosevelt: 18th cousins/3xr MRCA Elizabeth (Samlesbury) de Holand

17º George Catlin: 7th cousins/5xr MRCA Symon Tuttle

18º Stephen Mather: 7th cousins/3xr MRCA Mary (Canfield) Lane

18º Marjory Douglas: 19th cousins/2xr MRCA Elizabeth (Samlesbury) de Holand

20º Queen Victoria Hanover: 17th cousins/4xr MRCA Robert (Holand) de Holland

22º Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger: 25th cousins/4xr MRCA Baudoin de Hainault 

Other non-related National Parks Connections:

18º John Muir; 20º Kara McKean; 26º Anton Kroller; 27º Sueki Embrey; 29º Charles Young.

"And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul" J. Muir

My dad would be thrilled with these connections. During the depression, he became the bread winner for my grandmother and his six siblings. Dad worked with Franklin Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps and loved working in the parks of the United States.

And it is team Roosevelt for me at 16 degrees!

by Carol Baldwin G2G Astronaut (1.2m points)
+9 votes
Team Roosevelt for me at 15 degrees. We are ninth cousins four times removed.
by Sheryl Craven G2G6 (8.3k points)

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