Deane Merrill and Melaney are 9th cousins, as follows:

	Hon. Samuel Lathrop (1623-1700) m. Elizabeth Scudder (1622 - bef.1690)
John Lothrop (1645-1688)		Sarah Lothrop (1655-1706)
Mary Lothrop (d.1754)			Elizabeth Royce (1689-1755)
Mary Tyler (1695-1774)			Sarah Hall (b.1732)
Francis Guiteau (1736-1814)		Daniel Benham (1757-1840)
Francis Guiteau Jr. (1765-1825)		James Benham (1792-1870)
Abram Bloodgood Guiteau (1807-1864)	Ann Elizabeth Benham (1843-1881)
Emma Julia Guiteau (1838-1882)		Martha Helen Denham (1874-1954)
Emma Laura Tinsley (1880-1948)		Eva Maywald (1896-1985)
Harriet Mary Ray (1909-1978)		Martha Roberta Barrett (1923-1969)
Deane Whitney Merrill Jr. (1938-)	Melaney Moore (1947-)