Explore the ancestry and family trees of fun and fascinating people, including royalty, nobility, presidents, famous historical figures, famous women, Greek and Roman gods, and a variety of fictional characters from books and television.
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 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.
Am I related to someone famous? A movie star, bank robber, queen, or hero of the Wild West? If you suspect a famous ancestor in your family tree, try these research steps and techniques to help you prove (or disprove) the famous connection
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.
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.
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.
The Romanov's Genealogical Tree with links to several members of the Russian Royal family.
