Thanks to an ancestry.com subscription and some good old–fashioned vanity, here's a list of famous ancestors of mine.

Background

BedrockPerson's paternal lineage is mostly traceable to the Ukranian city of Zalishchyky, whereas the rest of this family can be traced to other Ternopil locales such as Zolotyi Potik and Yahilnytsya. BedrockPerson's maternal lineage is not as homogenous. While all of one side can be traced to Paduli, the other half remains a diverse series of different genetic lines converging into one, with the most prominent being of the County Meath and others from Zinga, Casabona, Glamorgan, and many others.

Ancestors

• John Mág Tighearnán (d. 1657), 9th great-grandfather – Last chief of the McKiernan Clan

• Bray Wilkins (1610–1702), 10th great-grandfather – Founder of Middleton, Massachusetts.

• John de Beauchamp (d. April 1475), 19th great-grandfather – Baron of Powick

• Trojden I ( c. 1285–1381), 23rd great-grandfather – Prince of the House of Piast

• Robert de Wintona (b. c. 1040), 25th great-grandfather – Lord of Llandw, compatriot of Robert Fitzhamon

• William the Conqueror ( c. 1028–1087), 27th great-grandfather – Conqueror of Britain

• Nele d'Aubigny (1055–1094), 29th great-grandfather – Progenitor of William d'Aubigny

• Sprota (911–945), 31st, 33rd, and 35th great-grandmother – Mother of Richard I of Normandy

• Harold Godwinson ( c. 1022–1066), 32nd great-grandfather – Final Anglo–Saxon King of England

• Nigel de Saint Sauveur II (911–972), 33rd great-grandfather – Consort of Sprota

• Constantine IX ( c. 1000–1055), 33rd great-grandfather – Ruler of the Byzantine Empire

• Saint Anna (1001–1050), 33rd great-grandmother – Grand Princess of Kiev, saintess

• Constantine VIII (d. 1028), 34th great-grandfather – Ruler of the Byzantine Empire

• Malahule Eysteinsson (830–890), 35th great-grandfather – Son of Eystein Glumra

• Saint Olga ( c. 890–969), 36th great-grandmother – Regent of Kiev, saintess

• Rurik ( c. 830–879), 37th great-grandfather – Founder of the Rurik dynasty

• Gisulf II of Friuli (d. c. 611), 44th great-grandfather – Duke of Friuli

• Fíachu Finnolach ( c. 5–57), 60th great-grandfather – First semi–historical High King of Ireland

• Herod ( c. 73–7 B.C.E.), 66th great-grandfather – Roman client king of Judea

• David ( c. 1040–970 B.C.E.), 102nd great-grandfather – King of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah

Notable relatives

• Charles M. Checola (1932–1987), 1st cousin 2x removed – Constructor of Apollo Lunar Module, Grumman employee.

• Tigernán Ua Ruairc (d. 1172), 2nd cousin 24x removed – King of Bréifne

• Hershel Leon Herzog (1924–1998), 3rd cousin 2x removed – Schering–Plough employee, developer of gentamicin, prednisone and prednisolone

• John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963), 19th cousin – 35th President of the United States

• Henry Lippitt (1818–1891), 19th cousin 2x removed – 33rd Governor of Rhode Island from 1875 to 1877.

• Elizabeth II (1923– ), 20th cousin 2x removed – Current Queen of England

• Hillel the Elder (d. c. 10), 20th cousin 63x removed – Renowed Jewish sage

• Alboin (530s–572), 47th great uncle – King of the Lombards

• Maimonides (1135–1204), 63rd cousin 20x removed – Influential rabbi and Jewish scholar

• Rashi (1040–1105), 65th cousin 18x removed – Influential rabbi and Jewish scholar