family tree down below.... 

Bill Nye:

( 9th cousin 1x removed ) 
Born: 27 Nov 1955, Washington D.C., Maryland 
Died: Living
Son of Edwin Darby Nye and Jacqueline Blanche Jenkins.  Actor ; educator ; known as Bill Nye the Science Guy
Marriage: Blair Tindall on 03 Feb 2006
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Edmund Rice m: Thomasine Frost
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Edward Rice m: Agnes Bent
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Daniel Rice m: Bethiah Ward
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Luke Rice m: Rachel Stowe
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Rachel Rice m: Jonas Stone
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Rachel Stone m: Ward Nye
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Jonas Ward Nye m: Mary Blodgett
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Luther Blodgett Nye m: Helen Sophia Puffer
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Luther Blodgett Nye m: Minni Wheatley Farr
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Edwin Darby Nye m: Jacqueline Blanche Jenkins
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William Sanford Nye

Samuel Rice m: Mary Dix
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Edward Rice m: Lydia Fairbanks
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Gideon Rice m: Esther
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Esther Rice m: Antipas Bowker
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James Bowker m: Sallie Estes
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Electa Bowker m: William Washburn
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Horace August Washburn m: Caroline T. Swick
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Glenn Bertrude Washburn m: Bernice Hazel Leinaar
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Glenn Burton Washburn m: Frieda Vonale Henry
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Living Washburn m: Living Rutila
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Myself