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The Custis children’s names were absent for good reason: They were not blood-related to George Washington at all. They would appear on a separate family tree only for the Custis family, into ...

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.

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.

Mount Vernon — the former home of George Washington, first President of the USA — is an extraordinary place; a dignified Virginian gentleman’s seat (Fig 1) overlooking the Potomac River that was built ...

An investigation at a cemetery uncovered skeletal remains belonging to some of George Washington’s relatives. The remains of Washington’s family members were located in unmarked graves. In ...

A statue of George Washington stands in front of Federal Hall in New York City. A DNA study of unmarked remains has identified family members of the first president.

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.

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 mother were ...

Samuel Washington, George Washington's younger brother, was buried in an unmarked grave at the cemetery at his Harewood estate (an interior view is pictured above) near Charles Town, West Virginia.