How many Presidents are related to each other?

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No guessing, we could be here all night!

Unless you just say George W. Bush and George Bush.

Check this out for keeping it in the family:

James Madison: half first cousin twice removed of George Washington
John Quincy Adams: son of John Adams
Zachary Taylor: second cousin of James Madison
Grover Cleveland: sixth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant
Benjamin Harrison: grandson of William Henry Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt: third cousin twice removed of Martin Van Buren
Franklin Roosevelt: fourth cousin once removed of Ulysses Grant, fourth cousin three times removed of Zachary Taylor, fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Truman: great-great-great nephew of John Tyler
Richard Nixon: seventh cousin twice removed of William Taft, eighth cousin once removed of Herbert Hoover
George Bush: fifth cousin four times removed of Franklin Pierce, seventh cousin three times removed of Theodore Roosevelt, seventh cousin four times removed of Abraham Lincoln, eleventh cousin once removed of Gerald Ford
George W. Bush: son of George Bush

Spooky.

[maxxx]

do you realize how distant a seventh cousin is? thats practically not family.

[blackdeath89]

seventh cousin... wow
He's probably related to you, too, if you look at it this way.

[switchcase]

Our current president from Philippines, Gloria Arroyo, was a classmte of Bill Clinton

[HoudiniDerek]

blackdeath89 said:

seventh cousin... wow
He's probably related to you, too, if you look at it this way.

I know that it seems like some distance away, but he did a lot of work on finding and letting us know some of it. My favorite thing is that you are saying how tenuous the link is when we are being told. He could have just said that this President was a cousin to another and not told us the rest to make it sound more impressive.

As for the tenuous links, I know that if I were related to someone famous, I would probably tell people too...as most people would, regardless of how far out of the family they MIGHT be.

[Poleon]

My third cousin, Elmo Poleon, was twice removed for tracking mud on the front hall carpet?!? LOL

[Robot X24]

Wow.. never knew that.. they kind of are not related.

Sixth and seventh cousins.. lol

[aether]

poleon said:

My third cousin, Elmo Poleon, was twice removed for tracking mud on the front hall carpet?!? LOL

lol

[ryndell]

Actually Theodore and Franklin were second or third cousins. Elenore was Franklins 4th or 5th cousin. Legally far enough down the line for them to marry.

[defineyourworld]

Everyone is related if you want to go that far back.

[Knightly Celt]

Here's one for you....

Jim ¨ me
Marian McFarland ¨ mother
Lewis U McFarland ¨ grandfather
Milicent Samson ¨ great grandmother
Peter Samson ¨ great great grandfather
Gideon Samson ¨ great great great grandfather
Caleb Samson Jr. ¨ great great great great grandfather
Caleb Samson ¨ great great great great great grandfather
Henry Samson ¨ great great great great great great grandfather
and

George W. Bush ¨ self
Barbara Pierce ¨ mother
Marvin Pierce ¨ grandfather
Scott Pierce ¨ great grandfather
Jonas Pierce ¨ great great grandfather
Chloe Holbrook ¨ great great great grandmother
John Holbrook ¨ great great great great grandfather
John Holbrook ¨ great great great great great grandfather
Zilpha Thayer ¨ great great great great great great grandmother
Mary Samson ¨ great great great great great great great grandmother
Stephen Samson ¨ great great great great great great great great grandfather
HENRY SAMSON¨ great great great great great great great great great grandfather

Shouldn't I have been on his Christmas Card List?

Hey, Britt, there's a reason I'm a conservative!

[🎶Sossity🎶]

poleon said:

My third cousin, Elmo Poleon, was twice removed for tracking mud on the front hall carpet?!? LOL

Love it!! I laughed out loud at this.

Apologies to the thread starter, I know my type of response (above) is off topic, and not what you intended when you started it. But couldn't resist!!

Seriuously, I don't know much about American presidential history.

[Poleon]

nhs5 said:

poleon said:

My third cousin, Elmo Poleon, was twice removed for tracking mud on the front hall carpet?!? LOL

Love it!! I laughed out loud at this.

Apologies to the thread starter, I know my type of response (above) is off topic, and not what you intended when you started it. But couldn't resist!!

Seriuously, I don't know much about American presidential history.

I'm afraid I was the one who sent it off topic, but most of us Americans do not understand even second and third cousins, let alone being removed, etc. The Poleons are of English extraction so I have been exposed to family trees and this is an old family joke that has been used during discussions of "removed" relatives. I think it actually was a line in a Three Stooges short once.
-Poleon