Look Who’s Related: George Washington and all the Presidents
The biggest strength of the world family tree is the ability to find out how everyone’s related. Last week, I showed you how Vice President Joe Biden is related to President John Adams. Today, I want to show you how George Washington, the first US President, is related to every other US President.

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson is George Washington’s 8th cousin thrice removed

John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams is George Washington’s 10th cousin twice removed

Andrew Jackson

Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren is George Washington’s 17th cousin thrice removed

William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison is George Washington’s half sister-in-law’s husband’s nephew

Millard Filmore
Millard Filmore is George Washington’s 11th cousin twice removed

Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce is George Washington’s 9th cousin once removed

James Buchanan

Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant is George Washington’s 10th cousin thrice removed

Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes is George Washington’s 10th cousin once removed

Chester A. Arthur
Chester A. Arthur is George Washington’s 10th cousin once removed

Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin Harrison is George Washington’s fifth cousin thrice removed

William Howard Taft

T. Woodrow Wilson
T. Woodrow Wilson is George Washington’s 11th cousin five times removed

Warren G. Harding
Warren G. Harding is George Washington’s 9th cousin five times removed

Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge is George Washington’s 9th cousin twice removed

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt is George Washington’s third cousin 9 times removed

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower is George Washington’s 10th cousin five times removed

Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson is George Washington’s 8th cousin 6 times removed

Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford is the only US President not yet connected to the big tree. If you’re an expert on the Ford family, feel free to get him connected.
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