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Girl Traces US Presidents' Family Tree, All Related But One
digtriad.com ^ | Aug 2 2010 | Carrie Hodgin

Posted on 04/02/2011 5:17:39 PM PDT by Germanicus Cretorian

Paso Robles, CA -- Their political party lines maybe different but one thing United States presidents could share is their family line.

A young girl in California has put together a Presidential Family Tree. Twelve-year-old BridgeAnne d'Avignon found that all the presidents but one are related to King John of England through a common ancestor.

"They are all cousins and all grandsons of John Lackland," BridgeAnne told KCOY News. The girl searched more than a half million names for months. She started with George Washington, then traced both the male and female family lines to make the connection.

KCOY reports that before this, historians were only able to link 22 presidential family trees.

The teen also found out that she is the 18th cousin of President Barack Obama. She even wrote him a letter to let him know.

The only president not linked to King John: the eight president, Martin Van Buren.


TOPICS: History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bridgeannedavignon; california; fartyshadesofgreen; genealogy; genghiskhan; georgewashington; godsgravesglyphs; helixmakemineadouble; ireland; johnlackland; kingjohn; magnacarta; martinvanburen; middleages; niallofthe9hostages; potus; renaissance; robinhood; runnymede; steelydan; unitedkingdom
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To: hecht
Amazing that she can be a relative of a “black “ man like BO. perhaps he is not a real black?

You've been here a while. Do you really not know Obama's mother was white?

Obama and Bush are 10th or 11th cousins. Obama and Cheney are 8th or 9th cousins.

101 posted on 06/03/2015 2:45:25 PM PDT by x
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To: Aliska

I agree with you mistakes get replicated all the time.

I did my own geneology search as well and found many people(thousands) claiming my Grandfather was related. As I filtered out their results based on KNOWING my cousins, I found they were related to another “Bentley” that came to the United States in the late 1800’s form a completely different European country!

So, it does happen a lot. People want so badly to romanticize their family past that they just ignore the less grand results.


102 posted on 11/06/2016 6:11:02 AM PST by EBH (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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103 posted on 06/16/2020 3:31:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Verginius Rufus
Isn't there a French song about a bridge in Avignon?
Sur le Pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse, l'on y danse
Sur le Pont d'Avignon
L'on y danse tous en rond.

I remember singing it in a kindergarten French class.
104 posted on 07/18/2020 6:54:21 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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To: Hiddigeigei
Thanks. I think I had heard or read the first line only. I took a semester of French in college but I don't think we were introduced to that song.

The odd-looking French word y puzzled me until I learned that it is derived from the Latin ibi ("there"). When it came to words inherited from Latin, the French had a way of economizing on letters and syllables.

105 posted on 07/19/2020 2:53:38 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Reaganez
John had a bad habit of raping every female that crossed his path. Unmarried, married or widowed.
106 posted on 07/19/2020 3:06:43 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Leave it to me to be holdin' the matches when the fire truck shows up & there's nobody else to blame)
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The rest of the genealogy keyword, sorted:

107 posted on 12/18/2021 9:51:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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https://www.google.com/search?q=BridgeAnne+d%27Avignon&tbm=isch


108 posted on 12/18/2021 10:01:20 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Steely Dan - Kings | November 10, 2014 | VinylForever
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109 posted on 12/18/2021 10:05:57 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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110 posted on 12/18/2021 10:09:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Germanicus Cretorian

But was Martin van Buren related to General Sideburns?


111 posted on 12/18/2021 10:13:18 PM PST by P.O.E.
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