Lineage Chart of Eddie Rickenbacher

"Are you related to Eddie Rickenbacker?" is a question often heard by every Rickenbacker. The correct answer for Orangeburg Rickenbackers is, "Yes, distantly.". In the chart below you can see that Eddie Rickenbacker was my half eighth cousin once removed. That's quite a mouthful so distantly related is probably always the best answer. Although the chart was made specifically for me, you can easily figure out your own relationship to Eddie if one of your ancestors is the same as mine. For details on how to calculate cousin relationships, see the Cousins Table.

Hans Rickenbacher known as "Michel Hans" in Zeglingen.
+(1)Anna Meyer \| Hans \| Hans \| Hans \| Hans Jacob \| Hans Jacob \| Jacob \| Martin \| Wilhelm Imm. \| Edward (Eddie)	wives half brothers half first cousins half second cousins half third cousins half fourth cousins half fifth cousins half sixth cousins half seventh cousins half eighth cousins once removed	+(2)Anna Bitterlin \| Hans Jacob \| Heinrich Imm. \| Heini \| Nicholas \| Nicholas \| Samuel Elkin \| Thomas Emanuel \| Walter Geddings \| Walter Geddings, Jr. \| James Edward (Jim)

The data for this table comes from "Stammtafeln Rickenbacher Rickenbach Riggenbach von Zeglingen Runenberg Oltingen Basel" (2003) by Werner Hug.

5-27-04