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Unsubstantiated claims that presidents had African ancestry. Claims that certain U.S. presidents other than Barack Obama had African or African-American ancestry have been made by the amateur historian J. A. Rogers, ophthalmologist Leroy William Vaughn, [10] and psychologist Auset BaKhufu.
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.
No.President And ParentsFrench1George Washington (1732–1799) Augustine ...John Washington (great-grandfather) ...2John Adams (1735–1826) John Adams Sr.Henry Adams (2nd great-grandfather) ...3Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) Peter ...Samuel Jefferson4James Madison (1751–1836) James Madison ...Isaac Madison (3rd great-grandfather) ...Feb 21, 2011 · Below is a list compiled of 5 other presidents who had African ancestry: 1. Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was described as the “son of a half-breed Indian squaw and a Virginia mulatto father ...
Feb 11, 2016 · The 16th president, Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865), “had very dark skin and coarse hair, and his mother [Nancy Hanks] came from an Ethiopian tribe, and his father was an African-American,” alleges...
Jun 24, 2008 · Well, if you said they were all U.S. Presidents, you are RIGHT ... but not exactly thinking out of the box. They are all subjects to claims that they are black, or at least have black...
Feb 19, 2024 · Obama Wasn’t The First Black President, According to Persistent Theories. Hear some historians tell it, several former presidents might’ve been hiding their race. It’s Presidents’ Day, so ...
Sep 19, 2016 · Home. Topics. U.S. Presidents. Organizations Acknowledge George Washington’s Biracial Family Tree. After 200 years of rumors, two organizations have recognized the African American descendants of...
