Ancestral background of presidents of the United States

Last updated May 06, 2024

The ancestral background of presidents of the United States has been relatively consistent throughout American history. With the exception of Martin Van Buren and perhaps Dwight D. Eisenhower,^[1] every president has ancestors from the British Isles, which in turn makes many of them distantly related to one another. John F. Kennedy was of pure Irish descent, Van Buren was of Dutch lineage; and Eisenhower was of German and Swiss heritage. Barack Obama is the only president to have ancestry from outside Western Europe; his paternal family is of East Africa ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon. Despite speculation, there is no evidence that any of the United States’ presidents have had any Indigenous American ancestry.

The most common ethnic groups in the Thirteen Colonies were those hailing from either Great Britain or Ulster which includes 9 counties of Ireland, 6 of which are in modern day Northern Ireland. Those of other backgrounds (such as Irish, Dutch, German, or French) would see attempts to assimilate them into the dominant English and predominately Protestant culture.^[2]

Some nativist political groups within the United States were adamantly opposed to identifying with a foreign nation and would coin those who did as hyphenated Americans. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were outspoken opponents of hyphenated Americans, with Wilson once remarking, "Any man who carries a hyphen about with him, carries a dagger that he is ready to plunge into the vitals of this Republic when he gets ready."^[3]

Ancestry table

Summary: Dutch – 5 • English – 38 • French – 12 • German – 11 • Irish – 5 • Kenyan (Luo) – 1 • Scottish – 18 • Swiss – 3 • Ulster Scots – 20 • Welsh – 15

No.	President and parents	Dutch	English	French	German	Irish	Luo	Scottish	Swiss	Ulster Scots	Welsh	Patrilineal emigrant ancestor	Citations
1	George Washington (1732–1799) Augustine Washington Mary Ball		Yes	Yes								John Washington (great-grandfather) Sulgrave, England → Colony of Virginia (1656)	^[4]^[5]
2	John Adams (1735–1826) John Adams Sr. Susanna Boylston		Yes								Yes	Henry Adams (2nd great-grandfather) Braintree, England → Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1633)	^[6]^[7]
3	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) Peter Jefferson Jane Randolph		Yes					Yes			Yes	Samuel Jefferson	^[7]^[8]^[9]
4	James Madison (1751–1836) James Madison Sr. Eleanor Rose "Nelly" Conway		Yes								Yes	Isaac Madison (3rd great-grandfather) London, England → Jamestown, Colony of Virginia (1608)	^[8]^[10]^[11]
5	James Monroe (1758–1831) Spence Monroe Elizabeth Jones		Yes	Yes				Yes			Yes	Patrick Andrew Monroe (2nd great-grandfather) Scotland → Colony of Virginia (c.1650)	^[6]^[7]^[8]^[12]
6	John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) John Adams Abigail Smith		Yes								Yes	Henry Adams (3rd great-grandfather) Braintree, England → Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1633)	^[6]^[7]
7	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) Andrew Jackson Sr. Elizabeth Hutchinson		Yes					Yes		Yes		Andrew Jackson Sr. (father) Boneybefore, Ireland → Waxhaws, Carolinas (1765)	^[9]^[13]^[14]^[15]
8	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) Abraham Van Buren Maria Hoes	Yes										Cornelis Maessen van Buren (3rd great-grandfather) Buurmalsen, Netherlands → New Netherland (1631)	^[16]^[17]
9	William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) Benjamin Harrison V Elizabeth Bassett		Yes							Yes	Yes	Benjamin Harrison (3rd great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia (c.1630)	^[6]^[7]^[18]
10	John Tyler (1790–1862) John Tyler Sr. Mary Marot Armisted		Yes	Yes								Henry Tyler (3rd great-grandfather) Shropshire, England → Colony of Virginia (c.1652)	^[5]^[6]
11	James K. Polk (1795–1849) Samuel Polk Jane Knox							Yes		Yes		Robert Bruce Polk (great-grandfather) Lifford, Ireland → Province of Maryland (c.1680)	^[9]^[13]
12	Zachary Taylor (1784–1850) Richard Taylor Sarah Dabney Strother		Yes									James Taylor (2nd great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia	^[19]
13	Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) Nathaniel Fillmore Phoebe Millard		Yes									John Fillmore Sr (2nd great-grandfather) England → Massachusetts Bay Colony	^[19]
14	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869) Benjamin Pierce Anna Kendrick		Yes									Thomas Pierce (3rd great-grandfather) Norwich, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1634)	^[19]
15	James Buchanan (1791–1868) James Buchanan Sr. Elizabeth Speer									Yes		James Buchanan Sr. (father) Ramelton, Ireland → Pennsylvania (1783)	^[13]
16	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) Thomas Lincoln Nancy Hanks		Yes							Yes	Yes	Samuel Lincoln (4th great-grandfather) Hingham, England → Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony (1638)	^[6]^[7]^[13]
17	Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) Jacob Johnson Mary McDonough		Yes					Yes		Yes		Unknown	^[18]^[19]
18	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) Jesse Root Grant Hannah Simpson		Yes					Yes		Yes		Matthew Grant (5th great-grandfather) England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)	^[6]^[13]^[19]
19	Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) Rutherford Hayes Jr. Sophia Birchard		Yes					Yes				George Hayes (3rd great-grandfather) Scotland → Windsor, Connecticut Colony (c.1680)	^[20]
20	James A. Garfield (1831–1881) Abram Garfield Eliza Ballou		Yes	Yes							Yes	Edward Garfield (5th great-grandfather) Hillmorton, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)	^[5]^[7]^[19]
21	Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) William Arthur Malvina Stone		Yes							Yes	Yes	William Arthur (father) Cullybackey, Ireland → Lower Canada (c.1820) Lower Canada → Vermont (c.1822)	^[8]^[18]
22/24	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908) Richard Falley Cleveland Ann Neal		Yes		Yes					Yes		Moses Cleveland (5th great-grandfather) Ipswich, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (1635)	^[8]^[13]
23	Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) John Scott Harrison Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin		Yes							Yes	Yes	Benjamin Harrison (5th great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia (c.1630)	^[6]^[10]^[13]
25	William McKinley (1843–1901) William McKinley Sr. Nancy Campbell Allison		Yes					Yes		Yes		John McKinley (2nd great-grandfather) Dervock, Ireland → Province of Pennsylvania (1742)	^[6]^[9]^[13]
26	Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Martha Bulloch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes	Yes	Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt (5th great-grandfather) Netherlands → New Amsterdam, New Netherland (c.1649)	^[5]^[7]^[8]^[17]
27	William Howard Taft (1857–1930) Alphonso Taft Louise Maria Torrey		Yes									Robert Taft Sr. (4th great-grandfather) County Louth, Ireland → Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1675)	^[19]
28	Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) Joseph Ruggles Wilson Janet E. "Jessie" Woodrow							Yes		Yes		James Wilson (grandfather) Ulster, Ireland → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (c.1795)	^[9]^[18]
29	Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) George Tryon Harding Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson		Yes					Yes			Yes	Richard Harding (8th great grandfather) Northampton, England → Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony (1623)	^[8]
30	Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) John Calvin Coolidge Sr. Victoria Josephine Moor		Yes								Yes	John Coolidge (7th great-grandfather) Cottenham, England → Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1635)	^[6]^[10]
31	Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) Jesse Clark Hoover Hulda Randall Minthorn		Yes		Yes				Yes			Andreas Huber (3rd great-grandfather) Ellerstadt, Holy Roman Empire → Province of Pennsylvania (1738)	^[21]^[22]
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) James Roosevelt I Sara Ann Delano	Yes	Yes	Yes								Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt (5th great-grandfather) Netherlands → New Amsterdam, New Netherland (c.1649)
33	Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) John Anderson Truman Martha Ellen Young		Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes		Unknown	^[13]^[23]
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) David Jacob Eisenhower Ida Elizabeth Stover			Yes					Yes			Johann Peter Eisenhauer (2nd great-grandfather) Karlsbrunn, Holy Roman Empire → York, Province of Pennsylvania (1741)	^[22]^[24]^[25]
35	John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald					Yes						Patrick Kennedy (great-grandfather) New Ross, Ireland → Boston, Massachusetts (c.1848)	^[18]^[26]
36	Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. Rebekah Baines		Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes		Unknown	^[27]
37	Richard Nixon (1913–1994) Francis Anthony Nixon Hannah Elizabeth Milhous		Yes		Yes					Yes	Yes	Unknown	^[7]^[18]^[28]
38	Gerald Ford (1913–2006) Leslie Lynch King Sr. Dorothy Ayer Gardner		Yes					Yes				Philip King Devonshire, England → Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania (1730)	^[29]
39	Jimmy Carter (born 1924) James Earl Carter Sr. Bessie Lillian Gordy		Yes							Yes		Thomas Carter (8th great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia (c.1635)	^[8]^[13]
40	Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) John Edward Reagan Nelle Clyde Wilson		Yes			Yes		Yes				Michael O'Regan (great-grandfather) County Tipperary, Ireland → London, England (1852) London, England → Carroll County, Illinois (1856)	^[30]^[31]
41	George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) Prescott Sheldon Bush Dorothy Wear Walker	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes		^[8]^[13]^[32]^[33]	^[8]^[13]^[32]^[33]
42	Bill Clinton (born 1946) William Jefferson Blythe Jr. Virginia Dell Cassidy		Yes			Yes				Yes		Unknown	^[8]^[13]
43	George W. Bush (born 1946) George Herbert Walker Bush Barbara Pierce	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes		^[8]^[13]^[32]^[33]	^[8]^[13]^[32]^[33]
44	Barack Obama (born 1961) Barack Hussein Obama Sr. Stanley Ann Dunham		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Barack Obama Sr. (father) Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya Colony → Honolulu, Hawaii (1959)^[34]^[35]
45	Donald Trump (born 1946) Frederick Christ Trump Sr. Mary Anne MacLeod				Yes			Yes				Friedrich Trump (grandfather) Kallstadt, Germany → New York City, New York (1885)	^[9]^[36]
46	Joe Biden (born 1942) Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. Catherine Eugenia Finnegan		Yes	Yes		Yes						William Biden (3rd great-grandfather) Westbourne, England → Baltimore, Maryland (c.1820)	^[37]

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[AAP-1] Roberts, Gary (1995). Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 8. ISBN 0-936124-19-9 . Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[2] B. Moniz, Amanada (September 7, 2018). "Culture in the colonial classroom: A failed attempt at assimilation". National Museum of American History . Retrieved July 18, 2020.

[3] Siegel, Robert; Silverman, Art (April 7, 2017). "During World War I, U.S. Government Propaganda Erased German Culture". NPR . Retrieved July 18, 2018.

[4] Hardy, Rob. "Ancestry". The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington. Mount Vernon, Virginia: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[FTM062001-5] 1 2 3 4 Taylor, Maureen A. (June 2001). "The French Connection". Family Tree Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[DHFischer1989-6] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fischer, David Hackett (1989). Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 834–839. ISBN 978-0-19-506905-1 . Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[WalesOnline-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Williamson, David (October 27, 2017). "The American Presidents with family links to Wales". walesonline.co.uk. Cardiff, Wales, UK: Media Wales. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[findmypast-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Cullen, Niall (February 21, 2020). "A whistlestop tour of every US president's ancestry". findmypast.com. Dundee, Scotland, UK: DC Thomson. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

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[16] Silbey, Joel (October 4, 2016). "Martin Van Buren: Life Before the Presidency". Charlottesville, Virginia: Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Retrieved September 23, 2020.

[DutchImmigration-17] 1 2 Simkin, John (January 2020). "Dutch Immigration". spartacus-educational.com. Spartacus Educational Publishers. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

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v t e United States presidential families
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Political families	Adams Harrison Taft Roosevelt Bush Kennedy
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