Born in Boston, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Roosevelt
and Betsey (Cushing) Whitney
Sister of
Kate (Roosevelt) Haddad, [private brother (1940s - unknown)] [half], [private brother (1940s - unknown)] [half], [private sister (1940s - unknown)] [half], [private brother (1950s - unknown)] [half] and Rebecca Mary Roosevelt [half]
Wife of
Anthony Di Bonaventura
— married
1953 (to 1972) [location unknown]
Wife of
Ronald A. Wilford
— married
1973 (to 2015) [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
[private daughter (unknown - unknown)], [private son (1950s - unknown)], [private daughter (1950s - unknown)], [private son (1950s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1950s - unknown)]
Died
at age 89
[location unknown]
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Biography
Sara Delano Roosevelt Whitney diBonaventura Wilford (born March 13, 1932) is the daughter of Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney, a prominent philanthropist in medicine and art, and James Roosevelt, the oldest son of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. Wilford is the adopted daughter of John Hay Whitney.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sara by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sara:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sara by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sara:
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~0.39%
Carolyn (Lewis) Kordt
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A216073 [compare], Ancestry member KevinMIreland
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Robin Lee
Robin Lee
Roosvelt-17 and Roosevelt-155 appear to represent the same person because: same person per biography, need to be very careful and merge into the correct spelling of the last name.
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by Robin Lee
Rejected matches › Unknown Wilford › Sara Ann (Delano) Roosevelt (1854-1941) › Sara Delano Roosevelt (1946-1960) ›
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