Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumBernie will be only the second US president not descended from King John Lackland.
The only other is Martin VanBuren.
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)Coincidentally I too am descended from John Lackland (a trait I share with a lot of Mayflower descendants and other early settlers). Betcha we have a lot right here on this site.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)The real "father of his country" was John's great granddaddy, Henry I. He had 25 recognized illegitimate children, most of whom had children. Some historians believe there were again that many, not recorded.
Alison Weir's Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy
dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)My "royal" lineage stops with Edward's youngest son, Thomas of Woodstock.
I put "royal" in quotes above because according to my husband, I am a royal pain in the ass.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Erin go bragh!
Pat Riots
(76 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Pat Riots
(76 posts)We come from Leitrum.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)We have Edward I, Fletcher Christian (Mutiny on the Bounty) same branch
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)dorkzilla
(5,141 posts)I was recently in his "room" at the Tower of London. Raleigh is a very interesting character!
DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)Stardust
(3,894 posts)1monster
(11,012 posts)Richard the Lionheart. His claim to fame was that he was the king who signed the Magna Carta (forced by his nobles). And he is the evil Prince John of the Robin Hood legends...
Stardust
(3,894 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)YDNA, mtDNA, and autosomal DNA are tested, and every US President has their skeleton tested for the same DNA components, and a connection is found among all of them. Assuming that the skeleton contains material suitable for comprehensive DNA testing.
Richard III, supposedly the descendant of Richard I, who is said to be the brother of John, is Y Haplogroup G2a, and mtDNA haplogroup J1c2c.
Without comprehensive DNA testing of all concerned, this theory of all these US presidents being related to John Lackland is virtually impossible to prove.
And given the incremental increase of the possibilities of a non-paternal event occurring with each subsequent generation, no paper trail genealogy can be said to accurately trace descent to John Lackland.