Which World War I Military Hero are you most closely connected to?

Question

This week's Example Profile of the Week is Col. Julia Stimson. She was the first woman to achieve the rank of Major in the US Army and a World War I hero.

Featured alongside her are more World War I heroes:

• Lt. Otto Frank
• Lt. Col.Vida Jowett
• Sir Arthur Harris
• Gen. Charles de Gaulle
• Sir Arthur Currie
• Cap. Georg von Trapp
• Sgt. Alvin York
• Sir John Monash

Who are you most closely connected to? If you're one of the 20,861,000 of us who are connected to each other on our big tree you can check with the Connection Finder.

You can also check for shared ancestors with the Relationship Finder. Are you a cousin to any of them? Your Relationship Finder Quick Links page (see your profile pull-down menu under "Relationships") has quick links for US presidents.

Let us know below!

P.S. Help us choose and improve profiles for next week's James Bond feature.

Answer 1

I am most closely connected to Alvin York at 21 degrees.

• 21 degrees from Alvin York
• 23 degrees from Julia Stimson
• 25 degrees from Vida Jowett
• 26 degrees from Charles de Gaulle
• 27 degrees from Arthur Harris
• 28 degrees from Georg Von Trapp
• 29 degrees from Arthur Currie
• 32 degrees from John Monash
• 37 degrees from Otto Frank

Answer 2

I'm closest to Julia Stimson at 18 degrees.  No blood relationships to any of them.

If George C. Marshall had made the list I could claim 11 degrees, but he is best known for the post-WWII Marshall Plan.  In WWI he served on fronts in France, often in planning and organizational roles.

Answer 3

18 degrees from Julia Stimson, 7th cousins, 3x removed MRCA George Pardee b. 1623
20 degrees from Alvin York
23 degrees from Vida Jowett
24 degrees from Charles de Gaulle
24 degrees from Georg Von Trapp
25 degrees from Arthur Currie
25 degrees from Arthur Harris
32 degrees from Otto Frank
32 degrees from John Monash

Answer 4

I am most closely connected to Vida Jowett at 19 degrees.

Answer 5

18 degrees from Col. Julia Stimson, 11th cousins once removed MRCA(s) Henry Wheeler  Wheeler-1039, Robert Tailboys   Tailboys-39, Elizabeth Heron  Heron-49

27 degrees from Sir Arthur Currie

25 degrees from Gen. Charles de Gaulle

35 degrees from Lt. Otto Frank

26 degrees from Sir Arthur Harris

22 degrees from Lt. Vida Jowett

31 degrees from Sir John Monash

23 degrees from Cap. Georg Von Trapp

21 degrees from Sgt. Alvin York

23 degrees from Gene Ellison

Answer 6

19 degrees from Julia Stimson. 13th cousin thrice removed. MRCA John St John (abt. 1429 - bef. 1490)

25 degrees from Arthur Currie.

25 degrees from Charles de Gaulle.

32 degrees from Otto Frank

20 degrees from Arthur Harris

24 degrees from Vida Jowett

27 degrees from John Monash

23 degrees from Georg Van Trapp

18 degrees from Alvin York

Answer 7

My closest connection is John Monash at 18 Degrees

Answer 8

I am more  closely connected  to Sgt. Alvin York at 18 degrees.

Answer 9

• 17 degrees from Julia Catherine Stimson 7th cousin 3 times removed. MRCA is Joseph Judson (1619-1690)
• 19 degrees from Alvin Cullum York 
• 22 degrees from Gene Ellison
• 23 degrees from Georg Von Trapp
• 23 degrees from Charles de Gaulle
• 24 degrees from Arthur Travers Harris
• 25 degrees from Arthur William Currie
• 25 degrees from Vida Eliza Jowett
• 29 degrees from John Monash
• 35 degrees from Otto Heinrich Frank

Answer 10

Nineteen degrees from LT Edwin Austin Abbey 2nd (Abbey-919), but if you want to "adopt" a hero, he would be an excellent choice.  Before the U. S. entered WW I, he felt so strongly that taking action was important, he volunteered with Canadian forces.  After LT Abbey's death, his parents published a collection of his letters home.

Here in the U. S., we are recognizing Veterans' Day;  I think I will look at a few of those letters today!!

Answer 11

Julia Stimson at 17 degrees. Juila is also a 9th cousin three times removed, via  John Perkins Sr.

Answer 12

I'm 14 degrees from General de Gaulle.

Answer 13

Julia Stimson and I have 18 degrees of separation. She is also my 7th cousin 3 times removed.

Answer 14

16 degrees from York through my step-daughter’s Shannon line. (I figured it would be York) Not related through a common ancestor, though.

Answer 15

Vida Jowett is 24 Degrees
Arthur Harris is 22 Degrees
Otto Frank is 34 Degrees
Charles de Gaulle is 25 Degrees
Arthur Currie is 23 Degrees
Georg Von Trapp is 22 Degrees
Alvin York is 17 Degrees
John Monash is 26 Degrees

Answer 16

I am 15 degrees from Alvin York. I am not related to any of them, but it was interesting to see how we linked, for some of the routes taken were different than my normal ones.

Answer 17

Julia Stimson is my 7th cousin, 4X removed. Thomas Miner is the connection who was her 7th GG and my 10th GG.

Answer 18

Sgt. Alvin York, 15 degrees: He is 1st great grand-nephew of wife of brother-in-law of 5th great-aunt of my husband.

Answer 19

I am proud to say that Julia Stimson and I are 15 degrees and 10th cousins through https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wheeler-199

I added a Notables sticker to her profile along with her Wikipedia page! She is a 'stand alone' Notable separate from being a cousin to Secretary of War and Secretary of State.

We are also both nurses! Thank you for this noteworthy profile!

Answer 20

I am most closely connected to Vida Jowett at 12 degrees.