Are you related to President George Washington?

Question

I have discovered I am 11th cousin 6 times removed to George Washington, 1st President of the USA through my father and trough my mother I am his second great uncle's third cousin's wife's third great uncle.

Surprisingly, another relative Col. Peter Willats was on the British side fighting the French, Spanish and colonists. 

I know this is a question many of you will love to answer. 

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" I am his second great uncle's third cousin's wife's third great uncle."

 Well, actually that makes more sense to me than 11C6R ... I can ALMOST picture that chain 

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I just put what Geni.com suggested.

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George III and George are 10th cousins three times removed

George III (Hannover) of Great-Britain and Ireland and George Washington are both descendants of Eleanor (Holland) Mortimer.

1. George III is the son of Friedrich Ludwig (Hannover) of Great-Britain (1707-1751) [confident]
2. Frederick Louis is the son of Georg August (Hannover) of Great Britain (1683-1760) [confident]
3. George II is the son of Georg Ludwig (Hannover) Hanover (1660-1727) [confident]
4. George I is the son of Sophie (Wittelsbach) Hannover (1630-1714) [confident]
5. Sophie is the daughter of Elizabeth Stuart (1596-1662) [confident]
6. Elizabeth is the daughter of James Charles Stuart (1566-1625) [confident]
7. James VI and I is the son of Henry (Stewart) Stuart (1545-1567) [confident]
8. Henry is the son of Margaret (Douglas) Stuart (1515-1578) [confident]
9. Margaret is the daughter of Margaret Tudor (1489-1541) [confident]
10. Margaret is the daughter of Elizabeth (York) Tudor (1466-1503) [unknown confidence]
11. Elizabeth is the daughter of Edward (York) of York (1442-1483) [confident]
12. Edward IV is the son of Richard (York) of York (1411-1460) [unknown confidence]
13. Richard is the son of Anne (Mortimer) of York (1390-1411) [confident]
14. Anne is the daughter of Alianore (Holland) Mortimer (1370-1405) [confident]
This makes Eleanor the 12th great grandmother of George III.

1. George is the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) [confident]
2. Augustine is the son of Lawrence Washington (1659-1698) [confident]
3. Lawrence is the son of John Washington (1634-bef.1678) [confident]
4. John is the son of Lawrence Washington (abt.1602-1652) [confident]
5. Lawrence is the son of Margaret (Butler) Washington (1568-1652) [confident]
6. Margaret is the daughter of William Butler (1540-1608) [confident]
7. William is the son of Margaret (Sutton) Butler (1492-1563) [confident]
8. Margaret is the daughter of John Sutton (abt.1459-abt.1541) [confident]
9. John is the son of Joyce (Tiptoft) Sutton (1430-1470) [confident]
10. Joyce is the daughter of Joyce (Cherleton) Tiptoft (1402-1446) [unknown confidence]
11. Joyce is the daughter of Alianore (Holland) Mortimer (1370-1405) [unknown confidence]
This makes Eleanor the ninth great grandmother of George.

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That is really interesting. 

George III is wrongly blamed for the situation in the colonies. It was the English Parliaments intransigence on one side and the French and the Spanish military on the other seeking to seize British territory and plantations. The British withdrew to save their much more valuable sugar plantations. 

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A very distant 13 x 7 (13th cousin 7x removed). Strangely, I found 13 x 2 (13th cousin  2x removed) to ...Martin Luther King Jr.

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Yes. We are 2cd cousins 8 times removed.

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13th cousin 7x removed for George Washington, so a pretty good distance compared with other presidents such as Grover Cleveland 6th cousin 5x removed. What is strange is I checked on George III just for fun and found he was 12th cousin 7x removed.

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That is a connection but does not compute as a blood relationship, with a common ancestor  somewhere along the line.

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If  you  are  talking  about Leech-898 and Reade -10 I  think  that might  not  be  quite  correct.  George  Esq Reade-10 is a  common  ancestor  for  both GW and myself

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Hi Daniel,

I don't think I or the the posters are stating or implying that. Being related to George Washington by blood directly and proving it would be amazing. Being "connected" might be a better word for some people to understand. Just like others on this page I am not proving or implying being either a direct descendant or DNA relative. I think the point is just to have a little fun. It is interesting to see the potential, even unproven relationships, using the Wikitree relationship finder.

The relationship finder tool will only show a "common ancestor" often with someone famous many generations ago. This is not a tool to "prove" a bloodline. I think people misunderstand that the "relationship finder tool" was built in to have a bit of fun and show the "potential" of building a single world tree.

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Why don't you  go  to  the  relationship finder  and  click  on  the  president  list, then  click  on  George Washington, there  is  more  than one  common  ancestor connecting us. Or use  George  Washington's profile  and  compare it  to  mine.

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Why don't you  go  to  the  relationship finder  and  click  on  the  president  list, then  click  on  George Washington, there  is  more  than one  common  ancestor connecting us. Or use  George  Washington's profile  and  compare it  to  mine. After all  the  man  was  descended  from  someone, even  though he  had  no  children, he  had  ancestors.

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George is my 9th cousin's great grandson, a direct blood relation . John Washington Born 1346 in Lancashire England is my direct ancestor. I am not American but English born and live in Australia. I am more distantly  related to John Adams.

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He is my 2nd cousin 9 times removed.

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George Washington is My 18th Cousin 7 times removed

or 17 Degrees from me.

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2nd cousins 8 times removed: George Washington (1732-1799) and Lynden (Raber) Rodriguez OCDS are both descendants of Anne (Pope) Washington (abt.1629-1669).

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This is an old post but I found out I am 5th cousin 7 times removed to George Washington. I also found that I am 1st cousin 7x removed to Debra Read wife of Benjamin Franklin. He was good friends of Dr. Joshua Babcock who is my 6x great grand father. I assume that Debra and Ben introduced her cousin Thankful to him. Which means if not for Ben Franklin I wouldn’t exist.

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I also show that I am 2nd cousins 9 times removed on my paternal grandmother's side. Connected by Colonel Augustine Warner and Mildred Reade down to Mildred Warner. On my dad's side there were numerous ancestors named Mildred "Millie" and settled in Washington, County, Arkansas, named after George Washington.

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Yes. My great grandmother hired a genealogist before she passed away. She gave my sister and I a copy of what was provided to her. It had to have been 30-50 pages front and back of details regarding our family relationship to George Washington and his father. My sister and I are the 13th generation 7 times removed relatives.

Answer 1

George is my 6th Great Uncle

George, is my 6th Great Uncle. I am facinated by him, I even keep a picture of him in my wallet. I am related through his brother John Augustine Washington.

I think this is as close as you can get to George POTUS 1

Answer 2

George and Lucy are 8th cousins 7 times removed or 18 degrees.

Answer 3

7th cousins 8 times removed.19 degrees.

Answer 4

10 x 10

10th cousin, 10 times removed.  Supposedly.

Answer 5

14 degrees and 8th cousins 6 times removed.

Answer 6

 9th cousins five times removed

George Washington is 12 Degrees from Sandra Vines

Answer 7

8th Cousin 10x removed .. very distant

Answer 8

10th cousins 8 times removed.

Answer 9

No blood relationship for me but to my surprise there is a connection via marriage. 23 degrees distance.

Answer 10

7th cousin  7 times removed

Answer 11

He is my 15th cousin

Answer 12

13th cousin 6x removed through Edmund Fitzalan.

Answer 13

Half first cousin nine times removed.  I'm a descendant of his mother's half sister.  (We all thought Grandma was just making it up, but I've verified the paper trail now.)

Answer 14

George Washington 17 degrees, 8th cousins 6 times removed, descendants of Robert Tailboys  Tailboys-39 and Elizabeth (Heron) Tailboys  Heron-49.

Answer 15

13th cousins 6X removed

Answer 16

Yes, George Esq Reade- 10, (1608-1671) 2nd great grandfather  of  George Washington, and 7th great grandfather  of  Leech- 898, which makes us 3rd cousins 5 times removed.

Answer 17

George and Diana are 9th cousins 8 times removed - we share the Grandfather https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gascoigne-463

George's 8th Great Grandfather and My 16th GGF

George Washington and Diana (Teasley) Drake are both descendants of William Gascoigne XI.

Answer 18

He is my 4th cousin 9x removed.

Answer 19

I am 6th cousins 11 times removed

Answer 20

7th cousin 9x removed