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  2. Washington family - Wikipedia

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    The Washington family is an American family of English origins that was part of both the British landed gentry and the American gentry.It was prominent in colonial America and rose to great economic and political eminence especially in the Colony of Virginia as part of the planter class, owning several highly valued plantations, mostly making their money in tobacco farming.

  3. List of children of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The claim that Tyler had fathered multiple children with slaves was largely ignored by 19th-century historians. In addition to the Dunjees, the Brown family of Charles City County claims descent from Tyler by an enslaved concubine. Biographer Edward P. Crapol states that Tyler's white descendants are skeptical of claims by the Browns. However ...

  4. George Washington family secrets revealed by DNA from ... - AOL

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    The living descendant, Samuel Walter Washington, who is the current owner of Harewood estate, turned out to have more DNA in common with the two deceased brothers than the researchers expected.

  5. George Washington - Wikipedia

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    Ferry Farm, the Washington family residence on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, where Washington spent much of his youth. George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, [a] at Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, Virginia. [3] He was the first of six children of Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. [4]

  6. Descendants of Black icons gather at the White House in a ...

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    Morris is also a descendant of Booker T. Washington, he said, whose families were joined by marriage in the 1940s. Through the nonprofit he co-founded, Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives ...

  7. Samuel Washington - Wikipedia

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    Samuel Washington (November 16, 1734 – September 26, 1781) was an American planter, politician and military officer best known for being the younger brother of the first president of the United States, George Washington.

  8. Ancestral background of presidents of the United States

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    Barack Obama is thus far the only president to have ancestry from outside of Europe; his paternal family is of Kenyan Luo ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon. [2] There is no evidence that any president has had Indigenous American ancestry.

  9. Category:Washington family - Wikipedia

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    The Washington family is a prominent political family in the history of the United States. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.