OT: Royal Ancestry for model Kate Upton (Courtesy of Robert Battle)

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One contributor's statement that he doesn't usually do models reminded me that the model Kate Upton has at least two immigrant ancestors to the American colonies of Royal Descent (Gov Thomas Dudley and Obadiah Bruen), New England ancestry in common with both the late Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall (Nathaniel Treadway #2104 and Sufferance Haynes #2105 in the link below), Mayflower passengers as well as numerous distant cousins among American presidents and first ladies. She even shares Hooker ancestry with CNN anchor Anderson Hays Cooper, who's openly gay.

This information comes courtesy of genealogist Robert Battle who traces, in addtion to a variety of celebrities, members of the United States House of Representatives. This includes congressman Fred Upton of Michigan, Kate Upton's father's brother.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/upton.htm

Robert's work is, in my opinion, top-notch and always documented. Apparently at least one contributor to this forum agrees, and hmm ... how should I put this ... "re-did" Robert's work on the ancestry of Jodie Foster, although the "reinvention of the wheel" version was nowhere near as extensive and didn't lead back to the RD immigrant Robert's includes.

Cordially,
Marc