Chandler Family Tree

Chris's ideas about his ancestry and lineage unsurprisingly differ greatly from what is known to be true.

What Chris Actually Believes

This Chandler Family Tree includes pets and people Chris imagines to be related to him:

      Ancient leader                 Anne Boleyn,
          of the                   Queen of England──────Mary Boleyn
       Cherokee Clan                      │
             │                           ???
             │                            │
             │                      Richard Weston,
             │                   1st Earl of Portland
            ???                           │
             │                           ???
             │                            │
             │                    Daniel Weston
             │                            │
           Robert              Jean      ???
          Franklin-----------Holloman     │
         Chandler Sr.   │    Chandler     ├────────────────────────────────────┬─────────┬─────────────────────┐
                        │                 │                                    │         │                     │
    Patricia          Robert           Barbara          Jack    Ran        Corrina    Harriett     Tom      Raymond
    Chandler---------Franklin------------Anne-----------Dale or Coleman     Weston     Ashby-----Ashby      Weston
               │   Chandler Jr.   │    Weston    │   Smithey    Yeatts                                         │
   ┌───────────┤            ┌─────┴─────┐        │                                                             │
   │           │            │           │        │                                                             │
 David       Carol     Christopher     cats     Cole                                                        Jonathan
 Alan       Suzanne       Weston               Smithey                                                       Carey
Chandler    Chandler     Chandler
   │                        │
   │                  ┌─────┴─────┬───────────┬───────────┬───────────┐
   │                  │           │           │           │           │
Savannah            Patti      Crystal     Sonichu-----Rosechu     Reginald
Chandler           Chandler     Weston              │              Chandler
                               Chandler             │
                                              ┌─────┴─────┬───────────┐
                                              │           │           │
                                            Cerah     Christine     Robbie

Poké Family Tree

Chris naturally drew his family tree in the form of Pokémon. He gives pilgrim hats to those on the Weston side and feathered headdresses to those on the Chandler side, both in reference to the extremely dubious tales of Chris's heritage.

Below is a transcription with the format Name / Date of Birth / Description / Culture and Pokemon.

Top row

Cole Smithey / born 7.24.1969 / Likes to play drums. Movie reviewer for New York Newspaper / English Pilgrim Electabuzz
Christian W. Chandler / born 2.24.82 / Likes Pokemon, Sonic, and [Mario?]. 12th Grade student at Manchester High / Pikachu with Both Pilgrim and Native American garb.
Carol Chandler / born 7.7.64 in Roanoke / Math wiz at college. / Native American Wigglytuff
Allen Chandler [sic] / born 11.28.62 in Roanoke / ophthalmologist / Native American Alakazam

Row 2

Harriett Ashby / born ?.?.? / Administrative Assistant. Married to Tom Ashby / English Pilgrim Clefable
Barbara W. Chandler / born ?.?.? / ??? / English Pilgrim Nidoqueen
Robert F. Chandler / born 2.9.1928 / Retired Engineer. Likes old music. / Native American Nidoking

Row 3

Carrie Edna Weston / ? / ? / English Pilgrim Clefairy
Joseph Otto Weston / ? / ? / English Pilgrim Haunter
Jean Holloman Chandler / ? / ? / Native American Vulpix
Robert F. Chandler Sr. / ? / ? / Native American Farfetch’d

Row 4

Victoria Wynn / ? / ? / English Pilgrim Victreebell
Robert Wynn / ? / ? / English Pilgrim Fearow
? / ? / ? / English Pilgrim Missingno
? / ? / ? / English Pilgrim Dugtrio
Frances Holloman / ? / ? / Native American Jynx
J Holloman / ? / ? / Native American Porygon
? / ? / ? / Native American Jigglypuff
? / ? / ? / Native American Sandslash

Row 5

? / ? / ? / Native American Missingno
? / ? / ? / Native American Exeggutor
? / ? / ? / Native American Missingno
? / ? / ? / Native American Kadabra

Bottom row

? / ? / ? / Native American Missingno
? / ? / ? / Native American Hitmonlee
? / ? / ? / Native American Nidorina
? / ? / ? / Native American Persian

Actual family tree

Basic ancestry of Chris is depicted in this tree.

Imaginary people removed:

A full-sized family tree going back many generations can be viewed here^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4].

Notable ancestors

In chronological order from most to least recent death, Chris' notable ancestors are:

Robert Wynn

Barbara's maternal grandfather Robert Pettis Wynn (17 Nov 1877 - Jan 1952) was allegedly a two-timing drunk and moonshiner who "failed to provide even the most basic support for his wife and children".^[5]

Joseph Chandler

At least one of Chris's ancestors is known to have fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Joseph Chandler (14 April 1832 - 1921) of Chilton County, Alabama, Chris's great-great-grandfather along his paternal line, enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in 1862 and was paroled in 1865 after the conclusion of the war.^[6] When questioned about his family's military history, Chris denied that his father's ancestors had fought for the Confederacy, although, oddly enough, he conceded that his mother's ancestors may have done so.^[7]

John Chandler and Elizabeth Lupo

Although there is no evidence that his mother's ancestors were on board the Mayflower, Chris's paternal ancestors were among the first settlers of his home state of Virginia. Chris's direct male ancestor John Chandler (c. 1600-1657) was an early settler of Jamestown, Virginia, arriving in 1610, ten years before the Mayflower.^[8] John married the widow Elizabeth Lupo (née Bassano), a member of the illustrious Bassano family of musicians who had been recruited from Venice by King Henry III to serve in his court (some have claimed that the Bassanos were of Jewish origin, but the jury is out). The Chandler family migrated southward over the generations, passing through North Carolina and Georgia before settling in Alabama, Bob's home state.

John Chandler is the 5th great-grandfather of confederate Joseph Chandler mentioned above, and the 9th great-grandfather of Chris.

Hugh and Isabel Bardolf

How Chris is related to Anne Boleyn.

Hugh Bardolf (1259 - c. 1304) and Isabel Bardolf (born Isabel Aguillon; c. 1258 - 1323), Chris' 19th great-grandparents, were a medieval English couple who married in 1281. According to a Redditor's Wikitree research in 2022, they are Chris' most recent shared ancestors with Anne Boleyn: they gave birth to Thomas (Boleyn's 6th great-grandfather) in 1282, Margery around 1283, William in 1284, and Nicola (Chris' 18th great-grandmother) around 1294. This means that, although Chris is not descended from Anne Boleyn, he is indeed a distant relative. This is hardly surprising, as all humans are relatives of each other of varying distance.^[9]^[10]

Hugh Bardolf's descendants unite with those of John Chandler in 1700, when Robert Chandler (John's grandson, 1659 - c. 1720) and his husband Elizabeth (Hugh's 10th great-grandson, b. 1664) give birth to Joseph Chandler (11 Aug 1700 - 11 Oct 1764), Chris' 6th great-grandparent, in New Kent, Virginia.

Ancestry.com content

In January 2017, a distant relative of Chris posted images to Kiwi Farms, on various documents relating to the Chandler family, acquired from Ancestry.com^[11]


Bob is apparently an only child, however Barbara has five deceased siblings and several more living ones.


Most of Chris's ancestors were farmers, doing tasks that Chris would find back breaking.


Chris, from what I gathered, is not 1/16 Cherokian. He is however 1/16 British and 1/8 French Canadian.

When asked to clarify Chris's British connection, the relative states that he or she is an immigrant from what is now Northern Ireland:


His great great grandparent's from Northern Ireland.

Given the chronology, Chris's great-great-grandparent may have emigrated as a result of the Irish Potato Famine of 1845-52.

Despite the purported French Canadian connection, none of Chris's great-grandparents or great-great-grandparents shown in the family tree have French surnames. Chris has, however, claimed to be of French descent on his mother's side.^[12]^[13]

1956 9 25 - Bob, Patricia marriage license
1961 6 17 - Barb and Ran marriage license
1963 5 15 - Barb, Ran divorce
1980 1 7 - Barbara, Jerry divorce
1980 1 28 - Bob, Patricia divorce
1980 6 7 - Borb marriage license
Bob and his parents - 1930s census
Bob and his parents - 1940s census
Barbara and her parents and siblings - 1950s census
Bob's birth certificate
Chris's family tree up to his great great grandparents
Cole Smithey's family tree
David Alan Chandler and Kimberly Fay Howard's marriage certificate
Savannah Chandler's family tree
Chris's ancestry, showing him to be 100% pure cracker. Also note the got-dang Y chromosome.]]