I am extremely fortunate to be directly related to 11 US Presidents. The following pages outline my relation to each:
1. | George WASHINGTON | (10th cousin, 8 times removed) |
12. | Zachary TAYLOR | (5th cousin, 7 times removed) |
13. | Millard FILLMORE | (6th cousin, 5 times removed) |
14. | Franklin PIERCE | (half-5th cousin, 8 times removed) |
18. | Ulysses S. GRANT, who was born Hiram Ulysses GRANT | (7th cousin, 5 times removed) |
22 & 24. | Grover CLEVELAND, who was born Stephen Grover CLEVELAND | (8th cousin, 4 times removed) |
30. | John Calvin COOLIDGE Jr. | (7th cousin, 3 times removed
and 13th cousin, 4 times removed) |
32. | Franklin Delano ROOSEVELT | (13th cousin, 4 times removed,
14th cousin, 4 times removed, and 15th cousin, 3 times removed) |
38. | Gerald R. FORD Jr., who was born Leslie Lynch KING Jr. | (10th cousin, twice removed) |
41. | George Herbert Walker BUSH | (16th cousin, 1 times removed) |
43. | George Walker BUSH | (17th cousin) |
In addition to these, I am related by marriage to two other presidents:
Ancestors
of American Presidents, a 456-page book
compiled by Gary Boyd Roberts, is available from the publisher,
Carl Boyer, 3rd,
$37.50 postpaid*
*(California residents must
add sales tax).
RootsWeb also has its own excellent section containing Ancestor tables of all U.S. Presidents, excerpted from Mr. Roberts's work.
Doug Murphy
Omaha, Nebraska, USA