* His first cousin once removed was President Thomas Jefferson.

* September 1 – Seton Hall University is founded by Archdiocese of Newark Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, a cousin of U. S. President Theodore Roosevelt and nephew of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton.

Harrison was the first cousin twice removed of President William Henry Harrison.

To help his campaign, Cox chose future President Franklin D. Roosevelt ( a fifth cousin of Theodore ) as his running mate.

He was a cousin of Francesco Cossiga ( who was a leader of the Italian Christian Democrats and later became a President of the Italian Republic ), and both were relatives of Antonio Segni, another Christian Democrat leader and President of the Republic.

He overthrew the monarchy of his first cousin Mohammed Zahir Shah and declared himself as the first President of Afghanistan from 1973 until his assassination in 1978 as a result of the Saur Revolution led by the Communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ( PDPA ).

He is the half second cousin of President Abraham Lincoln.

When his cousin became President in 1848, Napoleon was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain.

In 1842 President John Tyler bought " Walnut Grove " from Collier Minge, his cousin and a local planter, and renamed the plantation " Sherwood Forest ," as he likened himself to the story of Robin Hood regarding the Whig party.

Spencer, who served as President of the Council and acting Governor of Virginia, was the cousin of and agent for the Barons Colepeper, proprietors of the Northern Neck.

President Abraham Lincoln's half third cousin, Thomas Lincoln ( 1780 – 1844 ), lived in the Meshack Creek area of present day Monroe County and served two terms as constable of Cumberland County in 1802 and 1804.

This Thomas Lincoln was a half second cousin to Thomas Lincoln, father of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln.

The first white settler was Bazel Harrison, a nephew of revolutionary leader Benjamin Harrison and first cousin of U. S. President William Henry Harrison.

President Abraham Lincoln's first cousin Hanna Lincoln Sammis, is buried in the township

His cousin, George von L. Meyer, was Secretary of the Navy under President Theodore Roosevelt and served as an ambassador to several countries.

He was a cousin of Abraham Lincoln, under whom Johnson would serve as Vice President.

The current Hellenic Republic has long challenged King Constantine's right to use his title ; in 1981, the then Greek President Konstantinos Karamanlis declined to attend the wedding of the Prince of Wales when it was revealed that Greece's deposed monarch, a cousin of the Prince, had been referred to as ' King ' in his invitation.

She is the fourth cousin, four times removed of President Franklin Pierce.

Ochoa was the nephew of Alvaro de Albornoz ( President of the Second Spanish Republic in exile, 1947 – 1951 ), and a cousin of the poet and literary poet and critic Aurora de Albornoz.

Demonstrating his gun to people in general stores did not generate the sales volume he needed, so with another loan from his cousin, Selden, he went to Washington, D. C., and demonstrated it to President Andrew Jackson.

Ndelu Seretse a cousin of President Seretse Khama Ian Khama is the current Minister of Justice of Defense and Security in the Government of Botswana.

A first cousin of former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein, he became notorious in the 1980s and 1990s for his role in the Iraqi government's campaigns against internal opposition forces, namely the ethnic Kurdish rebels of the north, and the Shia religious dissidents of the south.

Patassé was the " cousin " of President Bokassa's principal wife, Catherine Denguiade, and gained the confidence of the new president, serving in almost all the governments formed by Bokassa.

His cousin, David Dacko, replaced him as head of Government.

The song " Going to the Chapel " is then played as we see Henrietta marry a member of the guard, Scarlett marry Chester, David marry his girlfriend, Tom marry his distant cousin Deirdre ( whom he met at Charles's wedding and instantly fell for ), Matthew with a new partner ( Duncan Kenworthy ), Fiona marry Prince Charles ( a joke ), and Charles and Carrie with their son -- presumably not married.

Heraclius offered the " keys of the Holy Sepulchre, those of the Tower of David and the banner of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ", but not the crown itself, to both Philip II of France and Henry II of England ; the latter, as a grandson of Fulk, was a first cousin of the royal family of Jerusalem, and had promised to go on crusade after the murder of Thomas Becket.

Peckinpah's parents were David Edward Peckinpah and Fern Louise Church, and he is a cousin of former New York Yankees shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh.

At the age of sixteen he went to New Castle, Delaware to begin the study of law under his cousin, David Finney.

Her godparents were: the Prince of Wales ( her paternal uncle, for whom his brother the Prince George stood proxy ); Princess Ingrid of Sweden ( her paternal cousin, for whom another cousin Lady Patricia Ramsay stood proxy ); the Princess Victoria ( her paternal great-aunt ); the Lady Rose Leveson-Gower ( her maternal aunt ); and the Hon David Bowes-Lyon ( her maternal uncle ).

She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit " Come On-a My House " written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian ( better known as David Seville, the father figure of Alvin and the Chipmunks ), which was followed by other pop numbers such as " Botch-a-Me " ( a cover version of the Italian song Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina by Alberto Rabagliati ), " Mambo Italiano ", " Tenderly ", " Half as Much ", " Hey There " and " This Ole House ", although she had success as a jazz vocalist.

The film also features Shaun Toub as her father, Shohreh Aghdashloo as her mother, and David Ackert as her cousin, Ali, who becomes an Islamic fundamentalist.

Hence, Amasa was a nephew to David, a cousin to Joab, as well as a cousin to Absalom.

* David Hallyday, ( born David Smet on 14 August 1962 ), composer, pop rock singer ; son of singers Johnny Hallyday ( born Jean-Philippe Smet ) and Sylvie Vartan, cousin of actress Laura Smet and actor Michael Vartan

He is a direct descendant of King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan and is therefore fifth cousin once removed of Elizabeth II, second cousin once removed of the British Prime Minister David Cameron and first cousin once removed of the historian John Julius Norwich.

He is a direct descendant of King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan and is therefore fifth cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, second cousin once removed of the Conservative party leader David Cameron and first cousin once removed of the historian John Julius Norwich.

When the band's singer left, drummer Roger Penlington suggested his cousin David Garrick ( who knew the band ) as a replacement.

* Johanna Richardson Cockburn ( Edinburgh, Midlothian, 14 January 1831-1888 ), married in Edinburgh, Midlothian, on 21 October 1856 to her cousin Archibald David Cockburn ( Edinburgh, Midlothian, 6 September 1826-1886 ), son of John Cockburn and wife Eliza Dewar, and had issue

David Sarnoff's first cousin was Eugene Lyons, U. S. journalist and writer.

To restore his health and escape for a time from the cares of London life, Haydon joined his intimate friend David Wilkie in a trip to Paris ; he studied at the Louvre ; and on returning to England, produced Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, which afterwards formed the nucleus of the American Gallery of Painting, erected by his cousin, John Haviland of Philadelphia.

His father was a first cousin and business partner of Moses Elias Levy, father of future Florida senator David Levy Yulee.

This action was also controversial, particularly since Dacko was Bokassa ’ s cousin and had appointed Bokassa as head of the military, and unrest continued in the Central African Republic, leading to Dacko being overthrown in another coup in 1981.