Fun & Famous Family Trees

The French ancestry of JK Rowling includes a WWI veteran, tailors, stone masons, illegitimacy and more.

Explore the family tree of NFL Quarterback Drew Brees, from his Brees roots in Michigan, to the Johnston, Henderson and Seevers families of West Virginia. The ancestry of Drew Brees also has deep connections throughout Texas, and stretches back to early families in New York, New Jersey and Virginia, as well as to Germany.

Explore the family tree of NFL Quarterback Drew Brees, from his Brees roots in Michigan, to the Johnston, Henderson and Seevers families of West Virginia. The ancestry of Drew Brees also has deep connections throughout Texas, and stretches back to early families in New York, New Jersey and Virginia, as well as to Germany.

Beloved American actor Jimmy Stewart was born to typical small-town roots in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where his father owned the local hardware store. His parent's Western Pennsylvania roots both date back to the 1770s.

Learn about the English, Scottish and French roots of Harry Potter author, J. K. Rowling, also known as Joanne Rowling. Surnames include Rowling, Rawlings, Hill, Westwood, Holmes, Bulgen, Warner, Card, Volant, Smith and Campbell.

Searching for witches in the family tree.

Learn about the German and Jewish roots of famous scientist and inventor Albert Einstein.

Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Robert Lee Frost, is a descendant of Colonial American ancestors on his father's side and Scottish immigrant's on his mother's side. Learn more about the family tree of Robert Frost.

Explore the humble Polish ancestry of Karol Wojtyla, known to the world as Pope John Paul II.

Explore the biographies of many notable women, both living and dead, including Marie Antoinette, Emily Dickinson, Sally Ride, Harriett Tubman, Fannie Farmer, and many more. From Women's History Guide, Jone Johnson Lewis.

Search this growing collection of celebrity trees to see if you're related to a host of famous people including royalty, politicians and heroes from the wild west.

The database contains 250,000 people, including all European royals, dukes, marquesses, and earls. Although there are links for several languages, the biographies are in German.

Biographies and family trees of pioneering aviator, Amelia Earhart; Lady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales; Margaret Tobin aka Molly Brown, Titanic survivor; and accused murderess, Lizzie Borden. From I Dream of Genealogy Family History Research.

Dedicated to notifying the genealogical community of blatantly fraudulent lineages, often compiled with the purpose of linking someone to a "famous" ancestor.

Biographical and genealogical information on female ancestors who were historically significant or just plain led interesting lives. 

View several family tree charts of the descendants of Powhatan, father of Pocahontas from David Morenus. Includes suggestions on tracing possible descent from Pocahontas and information on several "dubious" Pocahontas descendants.

Learn more about the royal and/or noble ancestry of a number of popes and canonized saints. From the University of Hull's Royal Genealogical Database.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

See Tom Brokaw, television journalist and author of "The Greatest Generation," as a 2-month-old baby in the 1940 US census, living in a hotel in Bristol, South Dakota, with his parents, Anthony Orville "Red" Brokaw and Eugenia "Jean" (Conley) Brokaw.

Explore the lives of famous Americans, as seen through the lens of the 1940 U.S. Census. Famous actors, sports stars, authors, artists, and scientists are all represented in the 1940 census, including well-known celebrities such as Clark Gable, Albert Einstein, E. E. Cummings, Babe Ruth, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

The Romanov's Genealogical Tree with links to several members of the Russian Royal family.