Since it is President's Day today (and George Birthington's Washday on Friday), I thought I would list all of my known relationships to American Presidents.
6. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS - 5th cousin, 7 times removed
13. MILLARD FILLMORE - 7th cousin, 5 times removed
14. FRANKLIN PIERCE - 5th cousin, 7 times removed
16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN - 7th cousin, 4 times removed (assuming his father was Thomas Lincoln)
18. ULYSSES S. GRANT - 7th cousin, 5 times removed
19. RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES - 7th cousin, 4 times removed
20. JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD - 8th cousin, 3 times removed
21. CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR - 8th cousin, 4 times removed
16. ABRAHAM LINCOLN - 7th cousin, 4 times removed (assuming his father was Thomas Lincoln)
18. ULYSSES S. GRANT - 7th cousin, 5 times removed
19. RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD HAYES - 7th cousin, 4 times removed
20. JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD - 8th cousin, 3 times removed
21. CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR - 8th cousin, 4 times removed
22. & 24. GROVER CLEVELAND - 7th cousin, 3 times removed
27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT - 7th cousin, 4 times removed
29. WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING - 8th cousin, 2 times removed
30. CALVIN COOLIDGE - 7th cousin, 3 times removed
31. HERBERT CLARK HOOVER - 8th cousin, 3 times removed
32. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT - 7th cousin, 4 times removed
37. RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON - 10th cousin
38. GERALD RUDOLPH FORD - 10th cousin, once removed
27. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT - 7th cousin, 4 times removed
29. WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING - 8th cousin, 2 times removed
30. CALVIN COOLIDGE - 7th cousin, 3 times removed
31. HERBERT CLARK HOOVER - 8th cousin, 3 times removed
32. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT - 7th cousin, 4 times removed
37. RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON - 10th cousin
38. GERALD RUDOLPH FORD - 10th cousin, once removed
40. RONALD WILSON REAGAN - 8th cousin, once removed
41. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH - 8th cousin, once removed
43. GEORGE WALKER BUSH - 8th cousin twice removed
41. GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH - 8th cousin, once removed
43. GEORGE WALKER BUSH - 8th cousin twice removed
44. BARACK OBAMA - 8th cousin once removed
I figured these out by comparing my ancestral name list to the charts in the book Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts (with the exception of Barack Obama). Obviously, having this many Presidential cousins relates to my extensive New England ancestry. Like my relationships to GWB, I share many colonial ancestors with some of the guys above.
I have no doubt that I could find more cousinships to the ones not on my list if I had longer ancestral name lists for their ancestors back into the English royal lines.
I may try to figure out my relationships to the Vice-Presidents (I know I'm related to Dick Cheney) and Presidential spouses (I know about Barbara (Pierce) Bush) some day.
My New England cousins were impressed by the list. Reciting these to anyone but genealogists seems to make eyes glaze over. My grandchildren have asked about specific presidents.
I often think about what my early colonial ancestors would have thought if they knew that their descendants would be famous and/or leaders of a nation. The colonial guys would not have understood - the King was the leader of the Empire, and they had no relationship to the King, as far as they knew. Of course, some of them were cousins to the King also!
How about you? Any Presidential cousins? Tell me about them.
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I figured these out by comparing my ancestral name list to the charts in the book Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts (with the exception of Barack Obama). Obviously, having this many Presidential cousins relates to my extensive New England ancestry. Like my relationships to GWB, I share many colonial ancestors with some of the guys above.
I have no doubt that I could find more cousinships to the ones not on my list if I had longer ancestral name lists for their ancestors back into the English royal lines.
I may try to figure out my relationships to the Vice-Presidents (I know I'm related to Dick Cheney) and Presidential spouses (I know about Barbara (Pierce) Bush) some day.
My New England cousins were impressed by the list. Reciting these to anyone but genealogists seems to make eyes glaze over. My grandchildren have asked about specific presidents.
I often think about what my early colonial ancestors would have thought if they knew that their descendants would be famous and/or leaders of a nation. The colonial guys would not have understood - the King was the leader of the Empire, and they had no relationship to the King, as far as they knew. Of course, some of them were cousins to the King also!
How about you? Any Presidential cousins? Tell me about them.
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2 comments:
I used FamilySearch.org > Activities > Famous Relatives > Leaders to find that President Andrew Johnson is my 7th cousin, 4 times removed. Thanks for the Presidents' Day suggestion!
George Washington is my great great great great great great uncle. His brother
Samuel is my ggggg grandfather. I haven't figured out any others yet.
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