Is there a Shakespeare family tree?

Answer 1

Yes. He had parents, brothers and sisters, neices and nephews (all children of his sister Joan) and remoter cousins. He also had a wife, two daughters, one son, three grandsons and one granddaughter.

Answer 2

Typically, there are trees for all families and surnames. It's a matter of piecing together the pieces of the puzzle and doing a whole lot of research. Shakespeare does have a colorful family tree, which you can view and edit on WikiTree and other sites online.

Answer 3

No, there are no direct descendants of William Shakespeare living today.

Shakespeare, and his wife Anne had three children: Susanna, who was born in 1583 and twins Judith and Hamnet, who were born in 1585. Hamnet, a boy, died in 1596 at 11 years of age.

Susanna married John Hall in 1607 and had one child, Elizabeth, in 1608. Although Elizabeth was married twice (in 1626 to Thomas Nash and in 1649 to John Bernard), she never had any children.

Judith married Thomas Quiney in 1616 and had three sons, one of whom died in infancy. The other two sons both died unmarried in 1639.

There are, however, numerous descendants of Shakespeare's sister, Joan Hart, who are alive today and can claim some relationship to the great bard.

This information was taken from the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Answer 4

You could probably make one up, although it would be sketchy. There are only a few hints as to the family relations. One is the guestlist for the party in Act I Scene 2, which includes "mine uncle Capulet, his wife, his daughters; my fair niece Rosaline and Livia". Also at the party in Act 1 Scene 5, Capulet talks to a man of about his age whom he calls "cousin Capulet"

Now it is interesting that he calls Rosaline his niece, but he does not call Tybalt his nephew. We know that Tybalt is not a Capulet; he is Lady Capulet's brother's son. This may be why he is not called nephew, and if so, then Rosaline must be Capulet's brother's or sister's daughter.

We can now sketch in the family tree. Capulet's grandfather had at least three sons. The eldest son was Capulet's father, who we must presume to be deceased, who had at least two children, one of whom is Capulet, married to Lady Capulet (maiden name unknown), with one daughter Juliet. The other child has a daughter Rosaline, and it would appear that Livia is another daughter.

The second son, also presumably deceased, was the father of "cousin Capulet" who is about the same age as Capulet.

The third son is married and has daughters.

Answer 5

It is a depiction of his ancestors and decendants in tree form. William is the trunk, his children and granchildren the roots, his parents and grandparents the branches. It is not easy to do in this format; best to get the information and draw it yourself.