Who is who on the Martin Luther King family tree
Who was alive
All 20 people on the chart are listed.
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WW | Willis WilliamsGreat-grandfather, preacher | 1810– | Joined Shiloh Baptist Church in Greene County in 1846. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| LW | Lucrecia WilliamsGreat-grandmother, called Creecy | c. 1840– | Born Lucrecia Daniel, mother of five. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| JL | Jim LongGreat-grandfather | c. 1842– | Born into slavery and a voter during Reconstruction. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| JL | Jane LinseyGreat-grandmother | 1855– | Mother of Delia King. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| AD | A. D. WilliamsGrandfather, pastor of Ebenezer | ?–1931 | Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1894 to 1931. | Find on the chart |
| JC | Jennie Celeste WilliamsGrandmother | 1873– | Born Jennie Celeste Parks in Atlanta. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| JA | James Albert KingGrandfather | 1864– | Married Delia in 1895. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| DK | Delia KingGrandmother | 1875– | Mother of nine children, King Sr. among them. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
 | Martin Luther King Sr.Father, pastor of Ebenezer | 1897–1984 | Born Michael King and pastor of Ebenezer for 44 years. Sources2 | Find on the chart |
| AW | Alberta Williams KingMother, organist of Ebenezer | 1903–1974 | Founded the Ebenezer choir. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| OS | Obie ScottFather of Coretta Scott King | Not recorded here | Obadiah Scott of Alabama. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| BM | Bernice McMurray ScottMother of Coretta Scott King | Not recorded here | Bernice McMurray before her marriage. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
 | Christine King FarrisSister | 1927–2023 | Taught at Spelman College for 56 years. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
 | Martin Luther King Jr.Minister and civil rights leader | 1929–1968 | The centre of the Martin Luther King family tree. | Find on the chart |
| AD | A. D. KingBrother, minister | 1930–1969 | Co-pastor of Ebenezer at his death. Sources4 | Find on the chart |
 | Coretta Scott KingWife, founder of the King Center | 1927–2006 | Married King in 1953. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| YK | Yolanda KingEldest child | 1955–2007 | Actress and public speaker. Sources10 | Find on the chart |
 | Martin Luther King IIIElder son | 1957– | President of the SCLC from 1997 to 2004. Sources11 | Find on the chart |
 | Dexter Scott KingYounger son | 1961–2024 | Chairman of the King Center. Sources12 | Find on the chart |
 | Bernice KingYoungest child | 1963– | Chief executive of the King Center. Sources13 | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Martin Luther King family tree, five generations from Georgia. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/martin-luther-king-jr-family-tree
- MLA“The Martin Luther King Family Tree, Five Generations from Georgia.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/martin-luther-king-jr-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Martin Luther King Family Tree, Five Generations from Georgia.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/martin-luther-king-jr-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Martin Luther King Family Tree, Five Generations from Georgia. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/martin-luther-king-jr-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
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Sources
Every source of this Martin Luther King family tree was opened on 10 November 2026, the King Institute first and Wikipedia for the dates after 2000. Britannica refused the request and was not read.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute, Stanford University
The Legal Genealogist
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- Martin Luther King Jr., Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report, 26 March 1964.
- Coretta Scott King, Herman Hiller, New York World-Telegram & Sun, 1964.
- Martin Luther King Sr., White House staff photographer, 14 January 1979.
- Christine King Farris, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2011.
- Martin Luther King III, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2012.
- Dexter Scott King, Ralph Alswang, White House Photograph Office, 15 January 1996.
- Bernice King, Lauren Gerson, LBJ Library, 9 April 2014.
- Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Sr. with President Carter and other civil rights leaders at the White House on 3 October 1978. National Archives, White House photographer, 3 October 1978.
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