Perhaps the most coveted title a cat can be awarded in CFA is that of Distinguished Merit or DM.
To be awarded the Distinguished Merit title in CFA, a male cat must sire a minimum of 15 cats who have earned at least one of three titles: Grand Champion, Grand Premier or Distinguished Merit.
A Female DM must have produced 5 or more offspring who earn at least one of these titles.
Regardless of how many titles it earns, an individual cat can count only once towards the DM title of each of its parents.
Often called the "Breeder's" title, the DM represents how well a cat has contributed to the next generation of its breed... and it is the recognition of this impact on future generations that makes this award such a special accomplishment.
In 1982, the first Distinguish Merit title earned by a Cornish Rex was CH House Of Lee Erica of Leo's Lair, DM. Nine years later, in 1991, the first male Cornish Rex to earn the Distinguished Merit title was GC Heatwave's Jim Dandy, DM.
Cornish Rex Distinguished Merit Cats in CFA
Year |
Name |
Sex |
Color |
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1981-82 |
CH House Of Lee Erica of Leo's Lair, DM First Cornish Rex DM |
F |
Black & White |
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1984-85 |
GC Heatwave's Dynamo Hum, DM |
F |
Tortoiseshell |
|
GC Blu Sprs Leonore, DM |
F |
Bi-Color |
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1986-87 |
GC, NW Blu Sprs Rosina, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
|
GC Blu Sprs Lulu, DM |
F |
Bi-Color |
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1987-88 |
GC Blu Sprs Cleopatra, DM |
F |
Black Smoke |
|
1988-89 |
GC Heatwave's Debbie Does Dallas, DM |
F |
Bi-Color |
|
1989-90 |
GC Jay-B's Pandora's Wish of Waveland, DM |
F |
Black Smoke & White |
|
1990-91 |
GC Heatwave's Jim Dandy, DM First Male Cornish Rex DM |
M |
Bi-Color |
|
1991-92 |
GC Blu Sprs Zerbinetta of Goliada, DM |
F |
Smoke Calico |
|
GC Heatwave Belladonna, DM |
F |
Smoke Calico |
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GC Heatwave's Vendetta, DM |
F |
Black Smoke |
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GC Jelliclekatz Diva of Blu Sprs, DM |
F |
Calico |
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1992-93 |
CH Milagro's Lady O' The Night, DM |
F |
Black Smoke |
|
CH Rexxrated Rexual Vantasy, DM |
F |
Black & White |
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1993-94 |
GC, RW Blu Sprs Papagena, DM |
F |
Van Calico |
|
GC Keltys Kum Kashu of Ridgways, DM |
M |
Seal Point & White |
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1994-95 |
GC Ridgways Looks Aint Everything, DM |
F |
Smoke Tortie |
|
Kallibunker Qantas, DM |
F |
Van Seal Point |
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GC McRex Right On Target of Mosa, DM |
F |
Van Calico |
||
GC Ridgways Edie Puss Rex of Lomacitas, DM |
F |
Black Smoke & White |
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1995-96 |
GC Rexdancer's Lethal Weapon Two, DM |
F |
Van Calico |
|
1996-97 |
GC Rexdancer's Lethal Weapon, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
|
GC Ridgways Shameless of Shal-Mar, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
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GC Shal-Mar's Salladin, DM |
M |
Van Black Smoke & White |
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GC Waveland Southern Exposure, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
||
CH Starstruck's Enchantrex, DM |
F |
Blue-Cream |
||
Topdog's Ain't Miss Behaven, DM |
F |
Gold-Eyed White |
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GC Vildarex Milagro of Intokatz, DM |
F |
Black Smoke |
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1997-98 |
GC, RW Heatwave Breathless, DM |
F |
Blue |
|
GC Peache's Shananigans, DM |
F |
Blue & White |
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GC Rexdancer's Dances With Wolves, DM |
F |
Tortoiseshell |
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CH Bien-Fur Pandamonium, DM |
F |
Brown Patched Tabby |
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CH Timberline's Nadia of Figment, DM |
F |
Black |
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CH Vegamar's We'll Always Have Paris, DM |
F |
Tortie & White |
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1998-99 |
GC Quickstep Chaplyne of Kallirex, DM |
F |
Black & White |
|
Shal-Mar's Snowy Ripples, DM |
F |
Gold-Eyed White |
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GC Shal-Mar's Sudden Impact of Figment, DM |
M |
Black & White |
||
1999-00 |
GC Rexdancer's Lethal Weapon Three, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
|
GC Rexdancer Trade Winds of Heatwave, DM |
M |
Cream McTabby & White |
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GC Ridgways Luck-Of-The Draw, DM |
M |
Blue-Eyed White |
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GC, BW, NW Shal-Mar's Sentimental Journey, DM |
M |
Black Smoke & White |
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2000-01 |
GC Banzaibabies Xtacy of Roseric, DM |
F |
Van Black Smoke & White |
|
GC Blu Sprs Lord Nelson, DM |
M |
Black & White |
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GC Rexdancer's Sneakers, DM |
F |
Calico |
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GC Shal-Mar's Sprite On The Mark, DM |
F |
Smoke Calico |
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CH Tuzigoot Touch The Clouds, DM |
F |
Blue & White |
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2001-02 |
CH Lillekatt Sydney of Claus'N'Curl, DM |
F |
Black Smoke & White |
|
CH Murexwave's Black Mariah, DM |
F |
Black Smoke |
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GC Shal-Mar's Satin N Sequens, DM |
F |
Tortoiseshell Smoke |
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GC Rexdancer's Goldeneye, DM |
F |
Van Smoke Calico |
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2002-03 |
GC Toneikat Getting Sentimental Over U, DM |
F |
Black Smoke & White |
|
GC Maboo Lalique of Rexus, DM |
F |
Gold-Eyed White |
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GC, RW Keltys Nozomi, DM |
F |
Gold-Eyed White |
||
GC Angelwaves Elizabeth Hrh, DM |
F |
Black Smoke & White |
||
GC Figment Trick Or Treat of Kallirex, DM |
F |
Calico |
||
GC, RW Rextra Cats Pinch Me of Starstruck, DM |
F |
Brown Patched Tabby & White |
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GC Timberline's Annisa, DM |
F |
Smoke Tortie & White |
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CH Rex-O-Rama Starting Point, DM |
F |
Seal Point |
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GC, BW, RW Rexdancer's Entrapment, DM |
F |
Black & White |
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2003-04 |
CH Quails Nest Lit'l Blue Jeans, DM |
F |
Blue |
|
CH Richson Breakfast At Tiffanys, DM |
F |
Gold-Eyed White |
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GC Keltys Akai Katsura of Kimo, DM |
F |
Red McTabby & White |
||
GC Angelwaves Bracken, DM |
M |
Black |
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GC Rex-O-Rama Sloan Ranger, DM |
F |
Van Calico |
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CH Rex-O-Rama All Points Ahead, DM |
F |
Seal Point |
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CH Angelwaves Azure Angel, DM |
M |
Blue & White |
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2004-05 |
GC Inrxs Belladonna of Fenway, DM |
F |
Brown Patched Tabby & White |
|
GC Claus'N'Curl Stella, DM |
F |
Black Smoke & White |
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GC Roseric's Get Some Nooky Tonite, DM |
F |
Van Black & White |
||
GC Rexdancer's Anita Blake, DM |
F |
Blue & White |
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CH Rex-O-Rama Size Doesn't Matter, DM |
M |
Cream |
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Wavemaker Harlow of Angelwaves, DM |
F |
Blue-Eyed White |
||
GC Angelwaves Melisande, DM |
F |
Black & White |
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2005-06 |
Roseric's Head N Shoulders, DM |
F |
Tortoiseshell |
|
GC Waveland Stargazer of Kallirex, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
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CH Patrexia Black Pearl, DM |
F |
Black Smoke |
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GC Camberwell Dharma Jean of Nataraja, DM |
F |
Calico |
||
GC, RW Ridgways Sweet Dreams, DM |
F |
Calico Smoke |
||
GC Ridgways Eye-Of-The Beholder, DM |
M |
Seal Point |
||
GC Cozmecats Starship Trooper, DM |
M |
Black Smoke & White |
||
GC Kikapoo's Are You Blowing Smoke?, DM |
F |
Black Smoke |
||
GC, RW Rexdancer's Kiss-Of-The Dragon, DM |
F |
Calico |
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2006-07 |
CH Myrko's Nexus, DM |
F |
Odd-Eyed White |
|
GC Rexdancer's Lethal Weapon Four, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
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2007-08 |
GC, RW Figment's Solitaire of Kallirex, DM |
F |
Van Calico |
|
GC Richson National Velvet, DM |
F |
Black |
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GC Murexwave Sanuye of Barmont, DM |
F |
Calico |
||
GC Inrxs Black Tar Opium, DM |
F |
Black |
||
GC Just Wright Ready To Ignite, DM |
F |
Calico |
||
CH Roseric's It Don't Come Easy, DM |
F |
Calico |
||
GC Sophistikat's Who's Your Daddy?, DM |
M |
Seal Point & White |
||
2008-09 |
CH Barmont's Vanity of Kaylee, DM |
F |
Van Black & White |
|
GC Kallirex Star Dust of Al-Lei, DM |
F |
Black |
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2009-10 |
GC Rex-O-Rama Bon Voyage, DM |
F |
Calico Smoke |
|
GC Kallirex Norma's Trinket of Kaylee, DM |
F |
Tortie & White |
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GC Barmont's The Point Is of Figment, DM |
M |
Seal Point & White |
||
GC Angelwaves My Immortal, DM |
F |
Van Black & White |
||
GC Kallirex Norma's Trinket Too, DM |
F |
Tortie & White |
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CH Beaconwood My Brother's Keeper, DM |
F |
Gold-Eyed White |
||
CH Fenway Magic Touch of Beaconwood, DM |
M |
Black Smoke |
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2010-11 |
GC, RW Quails Nest Kiss IntheDark of Boska, DM |
F |
Black Smoke |
|
GC, PR Ridgways Kathys Clown of Rexplus, DM |
F |
Odd-Eyed White |
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GC Heatwave Cloud Nine of Yas-53, DM |
F |
Blue |
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GC 2000Cats Minnie Cooper, DM |
F |
Blue-Cream |
||
GC, BW, RW Rexdancer's Ruffian, DM |
F |
Black |
||
GC Rex-O-Rama Hairloom, DM |
M |
Lavendar |
||
GC Inrxs Presumptive Identification, DM |
F |
Blue Point |
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GC Rexdancer's La Femme Nikita, DM |
F |
Calico Smoke |
||
GC Kaylee's Eowyn, DM |
F |
Calico |
||
2011-12 |
GC Ardoin Sugar Moon, DM |
F |
Gold-Eyed White |
|
GC Rexdancer's Obsidian Butterfly, DM |
F |
Calico |
||
2012-13 |
GC Puraffection's China Doll II, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
|
GC Co-Star Sweet Victory, DM |
F |
Black |
||
GC Barmont's Beyonce, DM |
F |
Black |
||
Selena Light's Queen-Of-Hearts, DM |
F |
Black Smoke & White |
||
GC Tanuk Flair, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
||
2013-14 |
GC Smallcats OMGShesGorgeous of Co-Star, DM |
F |
Gold-Eyed White |
|
CH Kallirex Regan-Of-Al-Lei, DM |
M |
Black & White |
||
Kallirex Silver Swan of Barmont, DM |
F |
Blue-Cream |
||
GC, RW Kaylee's Dancing Among The Stars, DM |
F |
Tortoiseshell |
||
CH Murexwave Mischievous of Tara Meath, DM |
F |
Black |
||
CH Quails Nest Corn Muffin of Boska, DM |
F |
Blue Tabby & White |
||
CH Rex-Box Daidai of Glam-Rex, DM |
F |
Van Red & White |
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CH Puraffection's Fancy of Atagoal, DM |
F |
Calico |
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2014-15 |
GC, RW Tender Claws Maginfique, DM |
F |
Dilute Calico |
|
GC Quails Nest Stiletto Martini, DM |
F |
Brown Patched McTabby & White |
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2015-16 |
GC Barmont Surprise Lily of Godspeed, DM |
F |
Blue & White |
|
2016-17 |
GC, RW Tanuk Preshus of Catcharm, DM |
F |
Van Blue-Cream & White |
|
** GC Quails Nest California Red, DM |
M |
Red Tabby |
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2017-18 |
GC, BW, DW Selena Light's Sebastien, DM |
M |
Black & White |
|
GC Wavemaker Medianoche of Angelwaves, DM |
M |
Black |
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** GC Murexwave Mischief, DM |
M |
Black |
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2018-19 |
GC Pixie Fay Haven-Of-Swans of Boska, DM |
F |
Tortoiseshell |
|
GC Kaylee's Sade, DM |
F |
Black & White |
||
** GC Kaylee's Wild Thing, DM |
M |
Red McTabby |
||
2019-20 |
GC Angelwaves My Guinevere, DM |
F |
Black & White |
|
GC Glam-Rex Rhea, DM |
F |
Calico |
||
2020-21 |
CH, AGN Kaylee's Lady Godiva, DM |
F |
Chocolate Calico |
|
** NOTE: Effective April 30, 2021, the number of qualifying offspring needed for a male cat to earn his DM title was reduced from 15 to 10. See our DM History article for more details. The cats receiving a retroactive DM award have been added to this list in the show season they would have been awarded their DM title. The cat's name appears on a light gray background. |
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2022-23 |
CH Angelwaves My Isabella, DM |
F |
Black & White |
|
CH Mon Sasti Vincent, DM |
M |
Red McTabby & White |
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