Family Tree of Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers

Generations 1 and 2 - Parents

Explore the family tree of NFL Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, from his birth place of California through over a dozen different U.S. states and back to Germany and Ireland.

1. Aaron Charles Rodgers was born 2 Dec 1983 in Chico, Butte, California to Edward Wesley Rodgers and Darla Leigh Pittman. He has an older brother, Luke, and a younger brother, Jordan. ¹

Father:
2. Edward Wesley Rodgers was born in 1955 in Brazos County, Texas, to Edward Wesley Rodgers, Sr. and Kathryn Christine Odell. ² He works as a chiropractor and is still living.

Mother:
3. Darla Leigh Pittman was born in 1958 in Mendocino County, California, to Charles Herbert Pittman and Barbara A. Blair. ³ She is still living.

Edward Wesley Rodgers and Darla Leigh Pittman were married on 5 Apr 1980 in Mendocino County, California. ⁷ They have three children:

• i. Luke Rodgers
• +1. ii. Aaron Charles Rodgers
• iii. Jordan Rodgers

Generation 3 - Grandparents

Paternal Grandmother:
5. Kathryn Christine Odell was born about 1919 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, to Harry Barnard Odell and Pearl Nina Hollingsworth. ¹²

Maternal Grandfather:
6. Charles Herbert Pittman was born in 1928 in San Diego County, California, the son of Charles Herbert Pittman Sr. and Anna Marie Ward. ¹³ He married Barbara A. Blair on 26 May 1951 in Mendocino County, California. ¹⁴ He is still living.

Maternal Grandmother:
7. Barbara A. Blair was born in 1932 in Siskiyou County, California, to William Edwin Blair and Edith Myrl Tierney. ¹⁵ She is still living.

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Generation 4 - Paternal Great-Grandparents

Paternal Grandfather's Mother:
9. Cora Willetta Larrick was born 27 Aug 1896 in Illinois to Edward Wesley Larrick and Susan Matilda Schmink. ²⁰ She died on 19 May 1972 in Dallas County, Texas. ²¹

Paternal Grandmother's Father:
10. Harry Barnard Odell was born 22 Mar 1891 in Hubbard, Hill, Texas, to William Louis Odell and Christina Staaden. ²² He married Pearl Nina Hollingsworth on 25 Nov 1914 in Hill County, Texas ²³, and together they raised a family in that county while he made a living as proprietor of his own tailor shop. ²⁴ He died on 10 Nov 1969 in Hillsboro, Hill County, Texas, and is buried in the Ridge Park Cemetery there. ²⁵

Paternal Grandmother's Mother:
11. Pearl Nina Hollingsworth was born 13 Sep 1892 in Alabama to Mitchell Pettus Hollingsworth and Sula Dale. ²⁶ She died 10 Jan 1892 in Santa Barbara, California. ²⁷

Generation 4 - Maternal Great-Grandparents

Maternal Grandfather's Mother:
14. Anna Marie Ward was born 7 Sep 1898 to Edson Horace Ward and Lillian Blanche Higbee. ³³ She died in 2000 in La Mesa, San Diego, California. ³⁴

Maternal Grandmother's Father:
15. William Edwin Blair was born 28 Jul 1899 in Nevado to William Blair and Josephine A. "Josie" McTigue. ³⁵ He married Edith Myrl Tierney ³⁶ He died 9 Dec 1984 in Mendocino County, California. ³⁷

Maternal Grandmother's Mother:
16. Edith Myrl Tierney was born 3 Oct 1903 in Murphy, Owyhee, Idaho, to Patrick Jacob Tierney and Minnie Etta Calkins. ³⁸ She died 13 Jun 1969 in Ukiah, Mendocino, California. ³⁹