David Sykes
A 70-year-old former police officer has traced his ancestor’s roots to Barack Obama, Walt Disney and King Louis VI - on a family tree measuring 6ft. David Sykes, of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, got so carried away looking into where he came from that he has dedicated three decades to chronicling his family history.
The grandfather-of-three and father-of-two recorded more than 43,000 names adding to his paper tree until it became more than 6ft long and 2ft wide.
Among the famous figures he found a relation to was Sir Winston Churchill, who is his 23rd cousin. Mr Sykes claims he is also related to US presidents Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and John Adams - and suspects it was one of his ancestors who fired the first shot in the American Civil War. Washington was Mr Sykes's 18th cousin three times removed, Lincoln was his 23rd cousin three times removed, and Adams his 24th cousin three times removed. His list also hosts of Hollywood celebrities in the tree, including Brad Pitt, Richard Gere, George Clooney, Brooke Shields and Marilyn Monroe. Pitt is Mr Sykes's 23rd cousin four times removed, while Monroe is his 25th cousin one time removed. Clooney is even further away - being his 26th cousin two times removed.
King Louis VI of France - 1st cousin 27 times removed
King Louis XVIII of France - 21st cousin 6 times removed
George Washington - 18th cousin 3 times removed
Sir Winston Churchill - 23rd cousin
Abraham Lincoln - 23rd cousin 3 times removed
Barack Obama - 23rd cousin 4 times removed
Brad Pitt - 23rd cousin 4 times removed
John Quincy Adams - 24th cousin 3 times removed
Brooke Shields - 24th cousin 3 times removed
Walt Disney - 25th cousin 1 time removed
Marilyn Monroe - 25th cousin 1 time removed
Franklin Delano Roosevelt - 26th cousin 1 time removed
George Clooney - 26th cousin 2 times removed
Justin Timberlake - 27th cousin 3 times removed
Richard Gere - 28th cousin 1 time removed
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