How many siblings did Franklin Delano Roosevelt have?

The Roosevelts had been fairly wealthy for many generations. The family had often been important in the civic affairs of New York. When Franklin was born, his father was fifty-one years old and his mother was twenty-eight. As his parents' only child, he did not have to compete with other siblings for their attention. read more

FDR had one half-brother, Rosie, by their father’s first wife. Rosie was much older than Franklin. Rosie had a son who was at Groton who was 3 years older than Franklin when Frankin was in his first year there at age 14. read more

Franklin Roosevelt did not have any full siblings. He was the onlychild of his mother. However, he had an older half-brother James Roosevelt. read more