Are all U.S. presidents descended from King John?

If one version of the claim is true, many of John F. Kennedy's ancestors weren't even Irish.

Millions of people have heard that almost all American Presidents are related to each other and descendants of one English king. Is that true? What does this claim say about our understanding of kinship, power and genealogy?

[leftie]

So England still 'OWNS THE WORLD'

[WasherGuy]

23 presidents is still practically half of the presidents!

[robertlandin]

If even 3 or 4 are related, something is wrong. Seems like a club none of us are in

[hauntedbearchild]

Interesting that our first Black President is related to King John.

[RealUlrichLeland]

Hey sweet, thought this channel was dead but very glad it's not

[michaeldavid]

If that's the case, all US presidents are descended from the French. As France gave birth to both England and the US, that makes sense.

[xBris]

Around the 10 minute mark, the voice-over suddenly gets really quiet but the background music stays the same. But other than that great video! Edit: Also, what's up with the creepy "reflection"? Is it some kind of watermark?

[patricial.]

I am not a US president and yet according to geneology reseach, I too am a descendent of King John. I prefer to think of myself as a descendant of Elinore of Aquitane, John's mother. Elinore was an amazingly powerful woman of the time.

[Julian-giel]

Kings and slaves all die the same, no body is worth anything to the devils that give you the power to rule and unjustly slave others.

[sethdominickortiz]

People just don’t do their history still and it is a reason why people who do can and will manipulate people who don’t
It’s easier to control humans when they don’t understand their own history or even the concept that our history is fragmented and merely our best renderings of what happened based of what we have

[princekm_]

Yup rome and the British empire never fell

[johnlewis]

Yur content got the like, but that Andrew Jackson duel joke got you the Subscriber. Glad I found yur stuff while looking for a completely different subject.

[echoridgeperformancehorses]

A lot of us descend from King John and through multiple Puritans. It's not surprising.

[AMGTT]

There all connected end of story it’s clearly not random

[NonnofYobiznes]

The most incredible part of this subject is how they can and are able to prove this is not true, by showing how their lineage isn't connected... Most of us peasants would probably have a hard time going back more than 4 gens. How special are all these people that they keep a track back of their bloodline that far back.... 🤨

[WasherGuy]

Makes sense though that people with money get into places of power...and folks with money try to keep the family going and growing

[ChaseKunkel]

I do not believe Franklin Pierce had proven royal ancestry. Are you sure this was fact-checked? Also, this has nothing to do with royalty, but I remember finding a line on the Genealogy website which appeared to lead from President Reagan back to a Mayflower passenger. No other source has backed this up. This supposed line contradicts his Irish roots. I am very skeptical.

[munny_]

Gotta admit it’s still kind of weird and SEEMS like much more than a coinkidink

[ezandman]

6:06 not always sir. right? I am talking about "Salic Law". Wiki: "The rights of family members were defined: for example, the equal division of land among all living male heirs, in contrast to primogeniture." Take a look at the son of Charlemagne. WHen he died the kingdom was divided and made into 3 kingdoms. Every son got a part.

[nobody]

Something I've noticed is that the presidents with proven descents from Edward III tended to come from much more elite and aristocratic families, like the Bush family, Jefferson family, Washington family, Roosevelt family, etc. than the ones with proven descents from less recent monarchs. George W. Bush has an especially elite ancestry, with 5 gateway ancestors, several important figures in early American history, and the like in his heritage, not even counting the fact that one of the presidents was his father. Compare this with Clinton, Carter, Grant, and Reagan, who all came from middle class families. Carter does have a royal descent, but it is from John's father, Henry II. A lot of these proven royal descents also seem to be pretty rare anywhere else but in America and Quebec, since these places were initially founded and settled by some members of the Renaissance Era aristocracy who were in turn descended from medieval royalty. On "Who Do You Think You Are", it's considered exceptional when someone on the English verison can actually trace back to William the Conqueror. In America, it's literally every second person with colonial heritage.