Marilyn Monroe #CousinOfTheWeek

OFFICIAL FAMILY WEBSITE: MarilynMonroeFamily.com

Currently the paternity of Marilyn Monroe is unavailable, so that the identity of her biological father is unknown. The legal father of Marilyn Monroe was Edward Martin Mortenson aka Martin Edward Mortenson. However, Stanley Gifford is also assumed to be the biological father of Marilyn Monroe.

Artist name Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but baptized Norma Jeane Baker.

Norma was shown a photo of a man, resembling Clark Gable, who she was told was her father. That man was Stanley Gifford.

Since Stanley Gifford carries a coveted family history background, being a descendant of pilgrims John Alden & Priscilla Mullins, it is popular to claim him to be Marilyn's father, in order to claim her as a distant cousin.

One source perpetuating this popular myth is the Mayflower history site:http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/Genealogy/famousdescendants.php                           

Marilyn Monroe is my 15th cousin once removed.
You 
   →  Pop 
your father →  Mamie C. Nichols (Collins) 
his mother →  Martha Collins (BARTLETT) 
her mother →  Nancy Rachel Bartlett (KING) 
her mother → Sarah Ann King (Bartlett) 
her mother →  Reuben S. BARTLETT 
her father →  John Garner Bartlett 
his father →  WILLIAM BARTLETT 
his father →  WILLIAM BERKLEY 
his father →  Margaret (Brent) Bartlett 
his mother →  Margaret Peshall 
her mother →  Anne Peshall 
her mother →  Anne Sheldon 
her mother → Sir Robert Throckmorton, of Coughton Court 
her father →  Sir George Throckmorton, of Coughton Court 
his father → Sir Richard Throckmorton, of Higham Ferrers 
his brother →  Mary Butler 
his daughter →  John Butler 
her son →  John Boteler Butler 
his son →  Elizabeth Butler 
his daughter →  Lt Col Thomas Claiborne 
her son →  Elizabeth O'Sullivan 
his daughter →  James Sullivan 
her son →  Sarah Shadrack Sullivan 
his daughter →  James HOGAN 
her son →  John Hogan 
his son →  Zachariah HOGAN 
his son →  George Willis Hogan 
his son →  T. Hogan 
his son →  D. Monroe 
his daughter →  Gladys Pearl Baker 
her daughter →  Marilyn Monroe 
her daughter

http://www.geni.com/people/Marilyn-Monroe/6000000005395646559