How many of the presidents are related?

▫ John Adams and John Quincy Adams (father and son). ▫ William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison (grandfather and grandson). ▫ George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush (father and son). Second cousins. ▫ James Madison and Zachary Taylor. ▫ James Madison and James K. Polk (once removed). read more

Prior to d’Avignon’s discovery, genealogists were only able to link 22 families of presidents, likely because they only focused on male bloodlines. The only former commander-in-chief not linked to King John is the eighth president, Martin Van Buren, who had Dutch roots. read more

Genealogists have determined that FDR was distantly related to a total of 11 U.S. presidents, 5 by blood and 6 by marriage: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses Grant, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, James Madison, Theodore Roosevelt, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, and George Washington. read more

If all of the RECENT presidents were related then I’d buy it, but the conspiracy wouldn’t have been running with George Washington and the like. The first many presidents we had were 100% British stock. Eventually as other nationalities immigrated that began to change, but the fact that 42/43 presidents are related is a cool fact at best. read more