humphrysfamilytree.com - Our common family tree

Our common family tree

These are the families that both my wife and I descend from.

How to read my narrative family trees: The format I am using is a hypertext version of the Burke's Peerage narrative format. Basically, to move around the tree you click on the names in bold.

Donate to support this research:

See Alphabetical list of all surnames on this site.

Surnames

My wife descends from the following families (see my wife's family tree). I may descend from them too, depending on how the Blennerhassett descent is proved (see my family tree). My wife descends from them anyway, whether I do or not. These will not be done in detail. Rather I will only show enough of the tree that is necessary to highlight and cement our particular lines of descent:

Our most recent common ancestors (MRCAs):

Fitz-Hugh, Baron Fitz-Hugh
Herbert
Neville
Sidney of Penshurst Place, Kent
Throckmorton of Coughton, Warwickshire
Vaux of Harrowden
Windsor

Others already mentioned:

Fitzgerald (The Geraldines)
Luttrell of Luttrellstown, Co.Dublin

Others:

Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick
Brandon
Clifford
de Bohun, Earl of Hereford
de Braose
de Courtenay, Earl of Devon
de Lacy, Lord of Meath
de Vere, Earl of Oxford
Despencer
Ferrers
Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel
FitzGeoffrey
Holland, Earl of Kent
Marshal, Earl of Pembroke
Montacute, Earl of Salisbury
Mortimer, Earl of March
Mowbray
West, Baron De La Warr
Wingfield

Royalty etc:

The English Royal family
de Clare
de Valence, Earl of Pembroke
de Warenne
Hastings
Percy
Roet
Taillefer

The Kings of Scotland
The High Kings of Ireland
O'Toole
The Kings of Spain
The Kings of Portugal
The Arabic house of Islam

Contact me

Image re-use policy

Things to do

Blog
My family tree
My wife's family tree
Our common family tree:

Surnames

Common Descent

People

The history of the Thomond motor car

Help on How to read these family trees

Conventions

Abbreviations

FAQ on Privacy

FAQ on Adoption

Help on Search
Sources
Links

Mobile phone entry point

Our most recent common ancestor

Depending on how the Blennerhassett descent is proved, our most recent common ancestor (MRCA) would be Sir William Sidney, who was granted Penshurst Place, Kent, in 1552, died in 1554, buried at Penshurst. This would make Penshurst our most recent common family home. He lived so recently that there is a portrait of him. That is, two random people in England and Ireland are related within 440 years. That is, two random people in England and Ireland are related after the Reformation. It is not impossible that some of my ancestors could have known some of her ancestors as relations as recently as 1700.

MRCA family MRCA individuals

Fitz-Hugh Elizabeth Fitz-Hugh (died pre-1507)

Herbert Sir William Herbert and Gwladys Gam (he died 1446)

Neville Sir Edward Neville, Kt. (died 1539)

Sidney Sir William Sidney and Anne Pakenham (he died 1554)

Throckmorton Sir Robert Throckmorton (died 1519)

Vaux Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden (died 1523)

Windsor Eleanor de Windsor

Our common relations

Depending on how the Blennerhassett descent is proved, we get:

Her ancestors and my blood relations:
- Garret Mor Fitzgerald
- Garret Og Fitzgerald
- the plotter Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
- Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford
- the poet and translator Lady Mary Sidney
- the 10th Earl of Pembroke
Our common ancestors:
- Everybody in the Ancestors of Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, including:
  - Cerdic, Alfred the Great, etc, etc.
  - Charlemagne, "El Cid", the original Harlot, William the Conqueror, King John, etc, etc.
  - Edward II, his gay lover, his Queen Isabella and her lover.
  - Edward III
- Many others, including:
  - The Prophet Muhammad (possibly)
  - Brian Boru
  - Lady Godiva
  - Alfonso VI, King of Leon and Castile, who reintroduced (with others) classical knowledge to the West, thereby ending the Dark Ages.
  - Aoife and Strongbow
  - Alfonso X, King of Castile and Leon, the astronomer.
  - Robert the Bruce
Our common blood relations:
- Everybody who ever had a Royal Descent, including:
  - Just about all European Royalty ever, and a lot of its nobility.
  - Everybody on my list of Royal Descents of famous people.
  - Anybody else with a Royal Descent:
    - the long-suffering Lady Pembroke
    - Hon Justice Robert Day
    - Rear-Admiral Richard Quin of Quinsborough
    - Dudley Colley
    - Brian Fitzelle (probably)
- Many others, including:
  - The Prophet Muhammad (possibly)
  - Anybody Descended from the Prophet Muhammad (possibly)
  - Macbeth
  - St. Laurence O'Toole
  - the historian Giraldus Cambrensis
  - William Henry Fox Talbot, the pioneer photographer
  - Standish Grady of Cappercullen
Our common in-laws:
- Chaucer (ancestral uncle)

See Alphabetical list of all surnames on this site.

Donate to support this research:

Return to Home page.

MRCA family	MRCA individuals
Fitz-Hugh	Elizabeth Fitz-Hugh (died pre-1507)
Herbert	Sir William Herbert and Gwladys Gam (he died 1446)
Neville	Sir Edward Neville, Kt. (died 1539)
Sidney	Sir William Sidney and Anne Pakenham (he died 1554)
Throckmorton	Sir Robert Throckmorton (died 1519)
Vaux	Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden (died 1523)
Windsor	Eleanor de Windsor