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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.
[49] However, while there are gaps in the historical record, studies of his family tree have not found evidence of an African-American ancestor. [50] In 2015 genetic testing of Harding's descendants determined, with more than a 95% percent chance of accuracy, that he lacked sub-Saharan African forebears within four previous generations. [51]
Muscogee, taken prisoner at Littafuchee, sent to live at the Hermitage as a companion for Andrew Jackson Jr.; Theodore died Charley: fl. February–April 1814: Indigenous orphan, tribal affiliation unknown; he was given to Jackson and sent to live at the Hermitage as a companion to Andrew Jackson Donelson: Lyncoya Jackson: c. 1811 – July 1, 1828
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This is a list of people for whom Andrew Jackson, seventh U.S. president, acted as pater familias or served as a guardian, legal or otherwise. As Tennessee history writer Stanley Horn put it in 1938, "Jackson's friends had a habit of dying, and leaving their orphans to his care."
Andrew Jackson Jr. December 4, 1808 – April 17, 1865 Sarah Yorke: Father of five: Rachel Jackson Lawrence (1832–1923) Andrew Jackson III (1834–1906) Samuel Jackson (1837–1863) Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1841–1841) Robert Armstrong Jackson (1843–1843) Theodore: c. 1813 – before March 1814
The younger Adams married Louisa Adams on July 26, 1797 at the Church of All Hallows in London. Two days after their union, John Quincy Adams sent a letter addressed to his father and former US ...
Known for already having famous family members thanks to being part of the Jackson family, the icon is the younger sister of Rebbie, 74, Jackie, 73, Tito, 70, Jermaine, 69, La Toya, 68, Marlon, 67 ...