This week's famous cousin is my 7th cousin 1x removed Jo Raquel (Tejada) Welch (1940-2023), the famous American model and actress.
When Jo Raquel Tejada was born on 5 September 1940, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Armando Carlos Tejada Urquizo, was 29 and her mother, Josephine Sarah Hall, was 31. She married Patrick Anthony Curtis on 14 February 1967, in Paris, Île-de-France, France. She lived in Dallas, Texas, United States in 1962 and Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 7 years. In 1958, her occupation is listed as American film and television actress and model. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. She died on 15 February 2023, in Bel Air, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Unknown Island, Western Australia, Australia.
The Wikipedia profile for Jo Patrick (Tejada) Welch is here.
Here is the Relative Finder chart showing my relationship to Jo Raquel (Tejda) Welch::
My most recent common ancestors with 7th cousin 1x removed cousin Jo Raquel (Tejada) Welch are my 8th great-grandparents Ezekiel Worthen (1672-1755) and Abigail Carter (1685-1752).
Are you related to the Jo Raquel (Tejada) Welch? Check out her profile on the FamilySearch Family Tree and click the "View Relationship" link at the top of the page. Note that you have to have your profile connected to the FamilySearch Family Tree in order for this to work.
This shows that you never know to whom you might be related!!! I'm having lots of Genealogy Fun. Click here to see all of my famous cousins.
Raquel Tejada came to San Diego in 1942, graduated high school in 1958, and won beauty contests here before going to Hollywood and becoming famous. She was always one of the girls of my dreams in my youth. Wowza!
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