Baldwin family explained

The Baldwin family is an American family of professional performers, including the four brothers Alec, Daniel, William, and Stephen.

The collective noun for Baldwins is a bedazzlement.

Ancestry

The Baldwin family’s patrilineal line traces to a Richard “Rich” Baldwin, who lived in England, c. the 1500s. Through their father Alexander Rae Baldwin Jr., the Baldwin brothers are descended from the Mayflower passengers John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, as well as from William Bradford through their maternal grandfather, Daniel LeRoy Martineau.^[1] The four brothers are therefore the 13th generation of their family to be born in North America.^[2]

Members

• The four Baldwin brothers:
  • Alec
  • Daniel
  • Billy
  • Stephen
• Sisters:
  • Elizabeth (née Baldwin) Keuchler
  • Jane (née Baldwin) Sasso
• Present or former wives / partners to the Baldwin brothers:
  • Kim Basinger – ex-wife of Alec
  • Hilaria Baldwin – wife of Alec
  • Isabella Hofmann – former partner of Daniel
  • Chynna Phillips – wife of William
  • Kennya Baldwin – wife of Stephen
• Baldwin brothers' children and their spouses/partners:
  • Ireland – daughter of Alec^[3]
  • Griffin – Son of Jane
  • Alexis – daughter in law of jane
  • Granger – Son of Jane
  • Hailey – daughter of Stephen
    • Justin Bieber – husband of Hailey

Actors Adam Baldwin, A. Michael Baldwin, and voice actor Greg Baldwin are not related to the family.

Hollywood

Three of the four brothers (Daniel, William, and Stephen) appear in the Oliver Stone film Born on the Fourth of July.^[3]

In 1996, E! True Hollywood Story produced a television documentary about the brothers, eponymously titled The Baldwin Brothers.

In popular culture

• In the 1995 film Clueless, "Baldwin" is used as a slang term for an attractive male, coined by writer-director Amy Heckerling after the four brothers.^[4]
• In the 1999 film , when the United States declares war against Canada, the Royal Canadian airforce are depicted bombing the Baldwins (along with another acting dynasty, the Arquettes) as a pre-emptive strike.^[5]

See also

• Baldwin (name)

Notes and References

1. Newcomb, Bethuel Merritt (1923). Andrew Newcomb and his Descendants: A Revised Edition of "Genealogical Memoir of the Newcomb Family" by John Bearse Newcomb. New Haven, CT: The Tuttle, Morhouse, and Taylor Co.
   Daniel LeRoy Martineau, mentioned in the book, is the grandfather of the Baldwin brothers.
2. Web site: Notable Descendants . MayflowerHistory.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20161019051635/http://mayflowerhistory.com/famous-descendants/ . 2016-10-19 .
3. Miller, Samantha. "Carol Baldwin – One Tough Mama" People.com, December 8, 1997
4. Web site: Sander . Brice . 50 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About "Clueless" . 2020-12-28 . BuzzFeed . en.
5. News: Philip French . Philip French . South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut . . 29 August 1999.