Guide to American Presidents GEORGE WASHINGTON 1732-99 [GW's English Ancestry]

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[Pharmboy]

I thought this would be of interest to some of you. Particularly exciting for me is that I am also descended from--or at least related to--Niall of the Nine Hostages. The L21 group of the Rb1 haplotype makes that connection.

[Pharmboy]

The Washington Family Crest (the origin of the Washington DC license plate)

The RevWar/Colonial Histroy/General Washington ping list

[gop4lyf]

From the research that I have done, and it’s not in front of me at the moment, Washington is my 2nd cousin 8 or 9 generations removed. Incidentally, I am also related to Thomas Jefferson, but he is a 3rd or 4th cousin 7 or 8 generations removed. There have been several people who have published books about a couple branches of my Mom’s side of the family. Really cool interesting stuff.

[laplata]

Very nice. You’ve got a lot to be proud of there.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence is a distant relative of mine.

[gop4lyf]

I like to brag that we beat the Pilgrims by a decade. I have been trying to find information about my grandfather’s WWII service history but apparently the records were burnt in a fire in the ‘70s.

[laplata]

Do you know what branch of service and where he served?

[caddie]

And, from what I've read, the horizontal red and white stripes are the origin of the stripes in Old Glory.

The ensign Washington used to ride around with during the Revolution was 13 white stars on a blue field, which became the upper left part of our flag.

[Slyfox]

George Washington is a direct descendant of the Pilgrimage of Grace leader Robert Aske.

[Liberty Wins]

I’m a descendent of English pirates (conservative pirates).

[laplata]

That’s cool.

[gattaca]

Very interesting stuff. Most of my lineage is British Isles. I’m a descendent of the first secretary of the state of Rhode Island.

[gop4lyf]

He was in the Army. I know that he fought in Italy and was part of the Normandy invasion on D-Day. He died pretty young, at age 66. He refused to eat spaghetti because he saw how the noodles were made. He said that when they make the noodles, the noodles are put on the roofs to dry, and flies would get all over them. As for D-Day, I think that affected him the most. He would get real quiet and just say that he didn’t understand why God let him live through that day.

[Pharmboy]

George Washington's Y-chromosome haplotype found here. My R1b1b2 is almost a PERFECT match. Oh Joy!

[ZULU]

Thanks Pharmboy. Great read on the greatest American
.

[thefactor]

His coat looks a lot like the O'Neill coat.

[laplata]

That’s touching. He felt survivors guilt...and shouldn’t have.

Vets from D-Day say the opening 20-30 minutes of “Saving Private Ryan” was very realistic.

My Dad was in CBI Theater of War.

God bless them all.

[Pharmboy]

Wow!! I had not a bloody clue about that! Indeed...VERY similar. I have read that the red stripes on the Washington Coat of Arms were put there to commemorate the blood smeared on one of Washington ancestor’s shield by the king after he dipped his fingers in the wound of the enemy leader that Washington had killed in battle.

And it makes total sense since the O’Neils (all the various spellings) are patrilineal relatives of Niall of the Nine Hostages and the Washingtons...and us. Wow again.

[ConservativeMan55]

bump

[colorado tanker]

Very interesting. I’m not surprised Washington’s father came to America to make rather dim prospects into very good prospects. An American story, told over and over.

[Pharmboy]

Augustine Washington, George’s dad, was a 4th generation American. His grandad came here in the 1660s. Augie was a mine owner and a farmer...not landed gentry. He had to work for a living. He died when George was 11.