DNA analysis of unmarked remains has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George Washington’s younger brother Samuel and his kin.

Christy Emmanuel can trace one family line to 1234. Those who followed are tied to U.S. history and now chronicled in a two-volume book by Emmanuel.

With further digging, I located a Washington descendant who had compiled just what I was looking for: a massive family tree that showed all the descendants of George Washington’s father.

On Jan. 6, 1796, George Washington, the sitting president in the temporary capital of Philadelphia, wrote a long letter to his teenage step-granddaughter with relationship advice. Though ...

George Washington's Descendants Identified in DNA Study of Unmarked Remains. Published Mar 28, 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT Updated May 24, 2024 at 11:45 AM EDT. By .

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

DNA analysis of unmarked remains has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George Washington’s younger brother Samuel and his kin.

The family's name was prominent through the Revolutionary and Civil War, with Emmanuel's ancestors fighting alongside George Washington, and, later, some family members were even invited to ...

Genetic analysis has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George Washington’s younger brother Samuel and his kin. Two of Samuel’s descendants and their ...

The family's name was prominent through the Revolutionary and Civil War, with Emmanuel's ancestors fighting alongside George Washington, and, later, some family members were even invited to ...