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Abbott Handerson Thayer

Among his devoted apprentices were Rockwell Kent, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Richard Meryman, Barry Faulkner (Thayer's cousin), Alexander and William James (the sons of Harvard philosopher William James), and Thayer's own son and daughter, Gerald and Gladys.

Alkincoats Hall

It passed down through Parker family from father to son via Thomas, Robert (1720–1758), Thomas (1754–1819), a Justice of the Peace (J.P.) and Deputy Lieutenant {D.L.} of Lancashire, to Thomas Parker (died 1832), an Army captain, J.P. and D.L. who also bought Browsholme Hall from his cousin.

Ambroise Louis Garneray

At thirteen, he joined the Navy as a seaman, encouraged by his cousin, Beaulieu-Leloup, commander of the frigate Forte ("the Stout one").

Auguste of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

On 15 June 1651, at Copenhagen, she married her first cousin Ernest Günther (14 October 1609 – 18 January 1689), son of Duke Alexander of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and his wife Countess Dorothea of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.

AUTC UAV

A1 UAV is an unmanned helicopter of conventional layout, and along with its larger cousin A2, it has been deployed for aerial cinematography mission by China Central Television and Survivor: China of CBS.

Baron Headley

His cousin, the fifth Baron, was a prominent convert to Islam.

Cao Rui

His father had appointed three regents for him—his distant cousin Cao Zhen, the steady administrator Chen Qun, and the shrewd strategist Sima Yi.

Cousin Skeeter

Skeeter (performed by Drew Massey, voiced by Bill Bellamy) - Skeeter is a puppet whose life changed when he moved from Atlanta, Georgia to New York City to live with his cousin Bobby.

David Lindsay, 12th Earl of Crawford

He killed his cousin Sir Walter Lindsay of Balgavie, son of David Lindsay, 9th Earl of Crawford, and narrowly escaped being killed in turn by the murdered man's nephew

De la Gardie

Pontus De la Gardie's second son, Jacob De la Gardie, was given the title count of Läckö in 1615 and his son Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie became favourite of Queen Kristina and married her cousin, Countess Palatine Maria Eufrosyne of Zweibrücken (sister to Charles X Gustav of Sweden).

Debunking 9/11 Myths: Why Conspiracy Theories Can't Stand Up to the Facts

Proponents of the 9-11 conspiracy theories have claimed that one of the researchers at Popular Mechanics, Benjamin Chertoff is the cousin of former Department of Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff because they share the same last name.

Dionizy Czachowski

Dionizy, through his mother, was a cousin of the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin; the two shared a grandfather, Jakub Krzyżanowski.

Earl of Cork

Edward of Norwich, Earl of Rutland, the first son of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, fifth son of Edward III of England, favorite of his cousin Richard II, had been created Earl of Cork in the Peerage of Ireland during his nephew's personal reign.

Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Friedrich Wilhelm was married on 28 June 1843 at Buckingham Palace to his first cousin, Princess Augusta of Cambridge, a member of the British Royal Family and a granddaughter of King George III.

Fulvia Plautilla

Her mother was named Hortensia; her father was Gaius Fulvius Plautianus; the Commander of the Praetorian Guard, consul, maternal first cousin and close ally to Roman Emperor Lucius Septimius Severus (the father of Caracalla).

Geneviève Halévy

After a few years, she opened her own salon where distinguished society, such as Baron and Baronness Alphonse de Rothschild, Comtesse Potocka, Duchesse de Richelieu, Comtesse de Chevigné, née de Sade (another model for the Duchesse de Guermantes), etc. could meet with writers and intellectuals such as Guy de Maupassant, Henri Meilhac, Georges de Porto-Riche, Paul Bourget, Paul Hervieu, Joseph Reinach, and of course her cousin Ludovic.

Guy Jackson

Jackson's brother Geoffrey Jackson and cousin, Anthony Jackson, also played cricket for Derbyshire.

Haitian hip hop

The most well-known exports of Haitian hip hop are two members of the legendary Grammy Award-winning hip hop group, the Fugees, Wyclef Jean and his cousin Pras Michel (a.k.a. Pras).

İlkay Gündoğan

Gündoğan's cousin Naz Aydemir is a volleyball player for Vakıfbank and the Turkish women's national team.

Inbreeding

The current king, Bhumibol Adulyadej is a first-cousin once removed of his wife, Sirikit, the two being respectively a grandson and a great-granddaughter of Chulalongkorn.

James E. Robinson

Robinson is a sixth cousin once removed of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and is an ancestor (maternal great grandfather) of President George W. Bush.

James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

He served under his father and then his cousin Arthur Balfour as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1900 to 1903 and under Balfour as Lord Privy Seal from 1903 to 1905 and as President of the Board of Trade in 1905.

Jillian Tamaki

Skim (2008) is a collaboration between illustrator Jillian Tamaki and her cousin, writer Mariko Tamaki.

Joachim Friedrich von Blumenthal

The son of Christoph von Blumenthal and his wife Dorothea von Hacke, and the first cousin of General von Königsmarck, he was educated privately by the family tutor Johannes Crüger from the age of 10, and then attended the Viadrina from 1622, at the age of 15.

Joseph-Mathias Tellier

Sir Joseph-Mathias Tellier is the brother of Louis Tellier, the father of Maurice Tellier, the grandfather of Paul Tellier, and a first cousin of Raymond Tellier, who is the grandfather of Luc-Normand Tellier.

Joshua Pim

His first tennis triumph was in 1890, when he won both the English and Irish doubles championships alongside the Dubliner, Frank Stoker, a cousin of the writer Bram Stoker.

Katherine Glass

Her role on the show as the naive cousin of Carolee Aldrich (Jada Rowland) and nurse Mary Jane "MJ" Match Carroll was replaced by Amy Ingersoll.

Katherine Swynford

Margaret Swynford (born c. 1369), became a nun at the prestigious Barking Abbey in 1377 with help from her future stepfather John of Gaunt, where she lived the religious life with her cousin Elizabeth Chaucer, daughter of the famous Geoffrey Chaucer and Katherine's sister Philippa de Roet.

Lippy's Garden

The band consisted of David Milhous (drums and background vocals), his cousin Mark Bollinger (vocals and lead guitar), James Ross (keyboards), and Rob Salter (Bass).

Margaret of Navarre

Her cousin Gilbert, Count of Gravina, already present in the south, was an enemy of Peter's and, according to Hugo Falcandus, strongly opposed to his cousin's government.

Marie Henrieta Chotek

Only a few days after the closure of the congress, on June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary's crownprince and his wife Sophie (Marie Henrieta's cousin) were Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Saraevo.

Meet Mr. McNutley

In the episode "The Prodigy", David Stollery, later of Walt Disney's serial, The Adventures of Spin and Marty (in the role of Marty), appears as Peggy's cousin who enrolls at Comstock as a pre-teen.

Ned Barkas

He came from a footballing family: his brother Sam played for and captained England, a cousin, Billy Felton, also played for England, and three other brothers Tommy, James and Harry were professional footballers.

Norway in 1814

He learned that Prussia and Austria were waning in their support of Sweden's claims to Norway, that Tsar Alexander I of Russia (a distant cousin of Christian Frederik's) favored a Swedish-Norwegian union but not with Bernadotte as the king, and that the United Kingdom was looking for a solution to the problem that would keep Norway out of Russia's influence.

Phipps Hornby

Hornby's sister Charlotte Margaret later married her cousin Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby, and the close association between the Earls of Derby and the Hornby family would play a significant role in Phipps Hornby's career and politics.

Piotr Trochowski

His cousin Krystian is a German international rugby union player, playing for the Berliner RC in the Rugby-Bundesliga.

Publius Sempronius Tuditanus

Tuditanus, descended from a prominent branch of the plebeian gens Sempronia, may have been a nephew or cousin of the censor Marcus Sempronius C.f. Tuditanus who had been consul in 240 BC with Gaius Claudius Centho and censor in 230 BC with Quintus Fabius Maximus).

Rashtriya Indian Military College

The Colonel Sawai Maharaj Sahib Shri Deshpal Singh Ju Deo of Ajaigarh cousin of H.H. Sawai Maharaja Punya Pratap Singh Sahib Bahadur of Ajaigarh is passed out from the same and was classmate of Padma Bhushan, General GG Bewoor, General Nayazi (Pakistan), General Bahadur.

Rick Hurst

Richard Douglas "Rick" Hurst (born January 1, 1946) an American actor who portrayed Deputy Cletus Hogg, Boss Hogg's cousin, in the 1980 to 1983 seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard and most recent The Dukes of Hazzard Reunion in 1997 and Hazzard in Hollywood in 2000.

Saffo the Greek

In July 1914, he was in attendance with other figures of the Levee including John Torrio (representing Jim Colosimo), John Jordan, Jackie Adler and Harry Hopkins at Port Lamp Burke's roadhouse near Cedar Creek (Indiana) several hours after gunman Roxie Vanilli, a cousin of Torrio whom he had brought in from New York, had shot and killed Chicago detective Sgt. Stanley Birns.

Sahourieh

For example, if two cousins who have identical names (i.e. John Smith and his cousin John Smith) have children, it is far more convenient to describe the children by the names of their respective mothers, so as not to confuse the families.

Stacey Slater

In 2005, Stacey becomes heavily involved in the murder of Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) when she gives her cousin Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) a false alibi for his murder, landing an innocent Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf) in prison.

Stephen of Durazzo

He moved to Portugal as a crusader, having fought the Moors alongside "his cousin" king Afonso IV of Portugal at the battle of Salado, as mentioned in Duarte Nunes de Leão's Chronicles of the Kings of Portugal.

The Brigand

The film bears a resemblance to The Prisoner of Zenda with Dexter playing a dual role of a rogue exile who impersonates a King in danger of being overthrown by his cousin played by Anthony Quinn.

The Sicilian

Gaspare "Aspanu" Pisciotta – The childhood friend and cousin of Salvatore Guiliano.

Thomas Bertram

He is not particularly kind to his cousin Fanny Price, the poor ward of his parents who has come to live with his family.

Tiberius Gemellus

Tiberius Julius Caesar Nero Gemellus, known as Tiberius Gemellus (10 October AD 19AD 37 or 38) was the son of Drusus and Livilla, the grandson of the Emperor Tiberius, and the cousin of the Emperor Caligula.

TK Samuels

TK arrived to the hospital in 2006 to greet his cousin Huia (Nicola Kawana) and the immature doctor quickly gained a job in the Emergency Department much to the annoyance of Sarah Potts (Amanda Billing).

Washington C. DePauw

John Baptiste Ford was W.C. De Pauw's first cousin and one time business partner.

Wish Bone

Born February 21, 1974, Wish Bone is the cousin of Steven "Layzie Bone" Howse and younger cousin of Stanley "Flesh-n-Bone" Howse.


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Ann, Lady Fanshawe

In 1644 she married her second cousin, Richard (later Sir Richard) Fanshawe (1608–1666), Secretary of War to Prince Charles.

Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria

She lost that position in May 1767 when her older brother Archduke Joseph married to a second cousin, Maria Josepha of Bavaria.

Augusto de Vasconcelos

His father was a natural son of António César de Vasconcelos Correia, 1st Viscount and 1st Count of Torres Novas and 93rd Governor-General of India, thus being a second cousin once removed of Fernando Peyroteo and three times removed of José Couceiro.

Baron Sheffield

The first creation, as Baron Sheffield of Butterwick, was in the Peerage of England in 1547 for Edmund Sheffield (1521–1549), second cousin of Henry VIII, who was murdered in Norwich during Kett's Rebellion.

Berry Berenson

She also was a great-grandniece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer who believed he had discovered the supposed canals of Mars, and a second cousin, once removed, of art expert Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) and his sister Senda Berenson (1868–1954), an athlete and educator who was one of the first two women elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

Charles Jennens

After his death, Jennens' second cousin Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford inherited his music library and much of it is now preserved in the Henry Watson Music Library at Manchester Central Library.

Charles S. Fairfax

The 7th Baron, Robert Fairfax, died without issue in 1793 and the title descended to an American second cousin, the Rev. Bryan Fairfax (1736–1802), was a priest of the Episcopal Church and rector of parish in Alexandria, who was the son of William Fairfax(1691–1757) of Belvoir and Deborah Clarke (1707–1747).

Christina of Salm

She was the daughter of Paul, Count zu Salm and head of the House of Salm (c. 1535 – c. 1595) by his wife, Marie Le Veneur, of whom he was a second cousin-once-removed, the couple sharing descent from Philippe L'Huillier, seigneur de Manicamp and de Cailly, governor of the Bastille.

Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein

On 6 May 1904, he presented his credentials as Ambassador of the Dual Monarchy at the Court of St. James's, a promotion over the heads of many of his seniors that had come at the request of his second cousin King Edward VII.

Dave Nonis

He has two brothers and a sister and is also a second cousin of sportscaster Darren Dreger of TSN.

Dorothy Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

She was the daughter of Col. Robert Ashton of Croughton, Cheshire (himself a second cousin of the 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde) descended from wealthy cotton manufacturers, and his wife (Lucy) Cecilia Dunn-Gardner (later Countess of Scarbrough), and stepdaughter of the 10th Earl of Scarbrough.

Edgar Christian

After Dover College, Edgar went to Canada with his second cousin John Hornby ("Hornby of the North") and with him and a companion, Harold Adlard, died of starvation near the Thelon River barren lands.

Edwina Brudenell

Through her maternal grandfather, the 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, she is a second cousin to Charles, Prince of Wales, and 480th in line to succeed to the British throne.

Eric Kripke

He is the second cousin once removed of notable analytic philosopher Saul Kripke.

Frank Burton Ellis

He was well-connected politically, among other relations being a second cousin of Robert Stephen Ellis, Jr. (born 1899), a Louisiana state circuit court judge who was a son-in-law of U.S. Representative Bolivar E. Kemp and a brother-in-law of Louisiana Attorney General Bolivar Edwards Kemp, Jr. Ellis attended Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport, Mississippi.

Hans von Blixen-Finecke

He was the twin brother of Bror von Blixen-Finecke, a famed professional hunter in Africa, and was thus brother-in-law of writer Karen Blixen, who was also their second cousin.

Henry Sutton Dudley

A close associate of his second cousin, the Duke of Northumberland, he was arrested on 25 July 1553 at Calais.

James Cravens

James A. Cravens, (1818–1893), U.S. Representative from Indiana, second cousin of the above

Jeremy Wafer

Wafer is also second cousin once removed to both the baseball player, Ken Weafer & Footballer Graham Knight & is third cousin to Richard B. Fitzgibbon, Jr..

John Dalrymple, 14th Earl of Stair

Lord Stair's mother, Davina, therefore, is a first cousin of The Queen and he is a second cousin of The Prince of Wales, The Princess Royal, The Duke of York, and The Earl of Wessex.

John Seddon of Warrington

The Unitarian John Seddon (1719–1769), with whom he has often been confused, is said to have been a second cousin.

Jonathan Greenleaf Eveleth

He was a direct descendant of Joseph Eveleth, juror in the Salem Witch trial of John Proctor, and a second cousin of Theophilus Parsons, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

José Uribe

He was a second cousin of current major league infielder Juan Uribe.

Joseph Gantner

His portrait was painted by Augusto Giacometti, a second cousin of Alberto Giacometti, and is now in the possession of his daughter Vera.

Karl, 12th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau

He is second cousin of Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein both being descendants of Count Ferdinand Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, son of Ferdinand Bonaventura, 7th Prince Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau and third cousin of Willem-Alexander, King of The Netherlands both being descendants of Baron Julius von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen.

Katherine Anne Porter

Her family tree can be traced back to American frontiersman Daniel Boone, and the writer O. Henry (whose real name was William Sydney Porter) was her father's second cousin.

Lewis Toshney

Toshney was born in Dundee his parents are Kyra Toshney and Sean Toshney, his dad Sean is Kyle Falconer of The View's second cousin.

Long family

Floyd W. Smith, Jr. (1932-2010), Mayor of Pineville, Louisiana 1966–1970, second cousin of Speedy O. Long.

Marina Karella

Princess Olga of Greece (born 17 November 1971), married to her second cousin Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia, son of Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta and paternal grandson of Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, second daughter of King Constantine I of Greece.

Mark Patinkin

Sheldon Patinkin, author, teacher, director, and one of the founding fathers of The Second City, is his second cousin.

Don Patinkin (1922–1995), the economist, was his second cousin.

Najma Heptulla

She is also a second cousin to prominent Indian actor Aamir Khan.

Pyrgo Park

On 24th April 1559, a few months after her accession to the throne, hearing his plea of poverty, Elizabeth gave the manor with its royal residence to her second-cousin, Lord John Grey, uncle of Lady Jane Grey, from that time on known as Lord John Grey of Pirgo.

Rory Calhoun

Calhoun's second cousin is popular sports talk show host Bob McCown.

Sheilas' Wheels

Ogden is the only true Australian of the three; Robbins is sister to Ted Robbins, Amy Robbins and Kate Robbins and is married to Simon Shelton who plays Tinky Winky in the Teletubbies and is a second cousin of Paul McCartney.

Stefan Frei

Stefan is second-cousin to the recently retired captain of, and all-time leading scorer for, the Swiss national football team, Alexander Frei, an accomplished striker twice voted Swiss player of the year, who used to play for Axpo Super League club FC Basel and is now the sports director for FC Luzern.

Stepan Pasicznyk

His second cousin on his maternal Irish side was Eddie Rabbitt, the Nashville country music star whose song "Kentucky Rain" was a hit for Elvis Presley and whose song "Every Which Way But Loose" was the theme tune for a film starring Clint Eastwood and an orangutan.

Steven J. DeBoy, Sr.

He is a second cousin of actors PJ DeBoy and Paul DeBoy, both of whom (like Delegate DeBoy) hail from the Farrell-DeBoy family of Baltimore, Maryland (PJ and Paul are grandsons of the late James J. DeBoy, Sr., a brother of Ferdinand DeBoy.).

The Simpsons: Bart vs. the World

The final stage of each area pits Bart against a boss — all of which are members of the Burns clan: third cousin Fu Manchu Burns, second cousin's grand-nephew The Abominable Snow Burns, maternal grand-uncle Ramses Burns and unspecified relation Eric von Burns.

Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre

His second cousin, Father Edward Petre, S.J., became advisor and confidant to James II Edward was universally hated and reviled by the populace.

Ukee Washington

Washington is the second cousin of actor Denzel Washington and has had small parts in such movies as Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002), Shooter (2007), and the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate.

Vera Duckworth

He also stunned her when he let her in on the family secret — his father was the illegitimate grandson of King Edward VII, thus Vera believes herself to be a second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.

Walkelin de Derby

Others place his death at Oakham Castle in Rutland, although this probably refers to his second cousin, Walkelin de Ferrers, the lord of Oakham.

Whiteway House

Lord Boringdon's grandson Edmund Parker, 2nd Earl of Morley (1810–1864) married in 1842 Harriet Parker (1809–1897), his second cousin and sister and heiress of Montagu E.N. Parker, and Whiteway thus returned into the possession of the senior line of the family when it became in 1897 the inheritance of Hariett's son Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley (1843–1905).

Wilhelm Graf von Hohenau

He was the second son of Friedrich, Graf von Hohenau, and thus a grandson of Prince Albrecht of Prussia and second cousin of Emperor Wilhelm II.