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Kindred Britain offers a fascinating glimpse into the connections of social networks of historic Great Britain. Is Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill a direct descendent of King Henry VIII? Are Charles Darwin and Jane Austen connected by blood? These are just a few of the thousands of surprising family links that users can see for themselves on Kindred Britain, a remarkable site from Stanford University.

The Kindred Britain site presents a network of nearly 30,000 individuals connected through family relationships of blood, marriage, or affiliation over 15 centuries of historical data. Records in the database include the noteworthy and the notorious – from prime ministers, bankers, novelists and scientists to lunatics, misfits and criminals.