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Genealogical Relations of Presidents - Multiple Choice

I give you two presidents, and 4 options, and you must tell me how those presidents are related.
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Last updated: May 16, 2021
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First submittedMay 7, 2021
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1. Ulysses S. Grant and Franklin Roosevelt
4th Cousins 1x Removed ✓
3rd Cousins ✓
5th Cousins 2x Removed ✓
2nd Cousins 4x removed ✓
Johnathan Delano is their common Ancestor, being Grant's 3x great grandfather and Roosevelt's 4x great grandfather
2. George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush
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Brothers ✓
Uncle and Nephew ✓
Father and Son ✓
3. Richard Nixon and Jimmy Carter
4th Cousins ✓
6th Cousins ✓
5th Cousins ✓
3rd Cousins ✓
They share the same 5x great grandfather, Richard Morris.
4. James Madison and Zachary Taylor
4th Cousins ✓
3rd Cousins ✓
5th Cousins ✓
2nd Cousins ✓
These two share the same great grandfather, James Taylor, but they also share another ancestor. James Madison's 2x great grandfather, Francis Thomas, is Zachary Taylor's 3x great grandfather.
5. William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison
1st Cousins 1x Removed ✓
Father and Son ✓
Grandfather and Grandson ✓
Granduncle and Grandnephew ✓
William Henry Harrison's son, John Scott Harrison, is Benjamin Harrison's father.
6. Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt
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5th Cousins ✓
8th Cousins ✓
4th Cousins ✓
Nicholas Roosevelt is the two's 4th great grandfather. Coincidentally, Franklin's wife is Theodore's niece!
7. John Adams and John Quincy Adams
2nd Cousins ✓
Uncle and Nephew ✓
1st Cousins ✓
Father and Son ✓
8. James Madison and James Polk
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1st Cousins 1x Removed ✓
2nd Cousins ✓
1st Cousins ✓
They share the same ancestor, James Taylor, who is Polk's 2x great grandfather, but, but Madison's great grandfather.
9. John Adams and Calvin Coolidge
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4th Cousins 4x Removed ✓
4rd Cousins 3x Removed ✓
Adam's 2x great grandfather, John Alden is Coolidge's 7x great grandfather.
10. James Madison and Barack Obama
2nd Cousins 7x Removed ✓
6th Cousins 4x Removed ✓
3rd Cousins 9x Removed ✓
8th Cousins 5x Removed ✓
Edwin Conway is Madison's 2x great grandfather, and Obama's 11x great grandfather
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geographynerd
+1
Level 74
May 15, 2021
Barack Obama only has one "r" in his first name.
EytanMelech
+1
Level 67
May 16, 2021
Oops. Fixed!
PapaFurchetta
+2
Level 91
Sep 4, 2022
It's amazing that in all 10 of these cases, the shared ancestor is a man. That seems to defy statistical probibility.
DictatorTal
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Level 81
Sep 4, 2022
I'm nominating this quiz because we need more American political quizzes on a site full of geography quizzes, even though I wouldn't have gotten the full 5 points on it had it been featured right now.
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