How many US presidents are related?

Her work started when she was just 10 years old when she discovered her Grandfather's genealogy software and challenged herself with a simple question: “How many US Presidents are related?” The answer was an astounding coincidence. 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

D’Avignon started with the first U.S. president, George Washington, she traced both the male and female family lines to make the connection. Prior to d’Avignon’s discovery, genealogists were only able to link 22 families of presidents, likely because they only focused on male bloodlines. read more

Many genealogical relationships may be found among Presidents of the United States and between the presidents and other significant figures of history. Two other pairs of Presidents have shared a surname. read more