Which is the earliest US president that has direct descendants alive today?

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Which is the earliest US president that has direct descendants alive today?

Question #103481. Asked by jonsmith1963.
Last updated Sep 21 2017.

star_gazer

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star_gazer

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George Washington.

[gwpapers.virginia.edu/articles/news/roberts.htm]

Response last updated by nautilator on Mar 19 2017.
Mar 02 2009, 5:44 PM

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Answer 1

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queproblema
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The second president, John Adams, whose great-great-great-great-great-grandson, was alive and well May 23, 2007. Can't find anything more recent.

http://www.southofboston.net/specialreports/adamscoin/pages/052307a.asp

Mar 02 2009, 6:48 PM

Answer 2

George Washington did not have any children himself, so John Adams would be correct. The person mentioned in the above link died in 2016, and his obituary says he is survived by three sons and six grandchildren, so it doesn't look like his bloodline is dying out any time soon.

ADAMS, Peter Boylston 73, of Wimauma, FL and Scituate, MA, a direct descendant of Presidents John and John Quincy Adams, died on Friday, March 4, 2016. A graduate of Norwich and Boston Universities and a veteran of the Vietnam War, he served as a helicopter pilot and earned numerous medals, including the Bronze Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, and the Air Medal with 30 oak leaf clusters ...Peter is survived by his wife, Sherry P. Adams, three sons, Charles Francis Adams, Reid Boylston Adams and Rett McKay Adams, and six grandchildren.

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=177979652