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By Kimberly Powell, About.com Guide to Genealogy since 2000

Presidential Genealogies

Monday February 16, 2004
We've all heard family tales of a distant relative being the second cousin, twice removed of President "So-and-So." But is it really true? In reality, it's not all that unlikely. Hundreds of thousands of people, if they go back far enough, can find evidence linking them to a U.S. president. As a bonus, the documented lineages of most U.S. presidents provide links to major royal houses of Europe.

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