Are all the US Presidents related?

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[bobmcbob]

I noticed a lot of the earlier presidents were more closely related by blood, I imagine this stems from 2 things 1) the gene pool of Americans at large was more restricted to descendants of certain people as there had been fewer waves of migration & 2) the gene pool of people eligible to vote and hold office was restricted to a landholding upper class which tended to hang out and marry within itself

[iammrbeat]

This is one of the best charts that you've ever made. I guess no one is surprised at my bias. 😀

[JNMFNFnMNH]

Deciding to go on the Mayflower really was like the ultimate risk-reward decision. Either you become the progenitor of one of the most influential bloodlines the world has ever seen for generations to come, or you froze/starved to death thousands of miles from home in some cabin.

[DarkNexarius]

Now I really want you to make this again with 5 random americans from the country and then find those kinds of close connections to a president.

[DillonRust]

It’s ironic that Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis were both related through the Taylor Family. It really was a Civil War between brothers.

[mjmason]

You gave the best description and visual of the difference between first cousins, and first cousins once removed, that I’ve ever heard. Thank you!

[MortyMortyMorty]

Imagine being a Mayflower passenger in 1620 not knowing that there will be at least 9 future president of their descendants.

[TheDelizar]

Thank you for including the whole 1st, 2nd, removed explanation. I've heard it verbally explained before. But seeing the chart explanation finally drove it home for me.

[MsJakee]

Thank you for covering this chart. My husband is related to Ulysses Grant (his 6th cousin, 6x removed). It was neat to see he is related to other presidents (very distantly).

[turtlellama]

My husband and I are hilariously unrelated.
His paternal geneology was published by a family biographer, so we have that back to like 400AD. His maternal family is Cuban, so we know that line back to the 16th century.
My mom converted to LDS and did a massive geneology map for her family and my dad's family was in every major American war since they got here. Us meeting was the first time our families had ever contacted each other.

[ZodiasKynzell]

I was just googling about this yesterday, looking for someone who had made this exact chart! Crazy!

[strandedinseattle]

Amazing research. A gold star for the charting, that had to be exhausting keeping track of it all!

[DoctorCyan]

You earned that thumbs up for finally and concisely explaining the “first cousin once removed” thing. I never understood it until now!

[michaelgreen]

That depends upon how extended you define "related".
I love the fact you stated that we are "all related" which is a good reminder to us all, but also defeats some people's pretensions!

[ShadowMoonFarms]

I grew up with my Grandma (Mother's mother) telling me I was a 14th cousin of Abraham Lincoln. I am actually 3rd cousin 6X removed. Now that I have done quite a lot of work on my chart, I found out that yes, I was related on my Mother's side through the Hanks, but also related on my father's side to his Father. Phillippe DeLaNoye was the father-in-law of my first cousin Mercy Warren (mother was a Walker) again on my Father's side of the family. Franklin Roosevelt was my 7th cousin. Teddy Roosevelt is in my tree as the Uncle of the wife of Franklin as you pointed out as that is a closer relation than tracing back to Phillipe. Which makes Ulysses S Grant my fifth cousin (tracing back to Cousin Mercy and Lieut. Jonathan Delano again). I didn't realize that Lieut. Jonathan's brother Thomas would lead me to Calvin Coolidge. I also have Richard Nixon as a 9th cousin on my Father's side of the family connected to his Mother's side of the family. John Howland was my 10th great Uncle, but I never realized that would lead to being cousins with the Bush's. You've given me lot's more to research in my tree.

[hozonkai]

I've seen an early 1950s interview with Prescott Bush (HW's dad). They kind of looked similar, but their voices couldn't have been more different. While HW had that soft-spoken "Mr Rogers" type voice, his dad Prescott had a very stern and authoritative voice. HW probably inherited his voice from his mother, Dorothy Walker (who died immediately after her son lost re-election to Bill Clinton in 1992)

[rmantey]

I’m a descendent of John Howland so I found this fascinating, there are so many people that I’m related to just from him. Fun fact: Howland was thrown off the mayflower during a storm and nearly died. The Roosevelt’s I believe were also his descendants, there doesn’t appear to be be any connection on this chart

[SuhridhBhat]

This is such a cool chart. You should really make a part 2 with all the presidents you missed.

[willsjaime]

As someone who has done some of this kind of research I want to say that this chart is absolutely genius in its simplicity!