A couple comments:
The DNA test reveals that Warren Harding had a child, albeit an illegitimate one. Following his death, Harding’s correspondence and other writings fell into the possession of his wife, Florence, but she soon passed away herself. His life’s work then passed into the possession of her children by a prior marriage. They never approved of their mother’s remarriage, and kept the Harding papers closed even as the man was being vilified in real time.
So, Harding did not die childless. he was survived by his daughter, who lived until 2005. The daughter subsequently married and had a child of her own, a son, who is alive today.
The DNA test also reveals NO African lineage. For his entire life, he carried the burden, of those days, of having African blood. As a boy, he was taunted. Every election, including 1920, it was an issue. His supposed African lineage was the real proof that he wasn’t so smart, womanized, imbibed liquor, played cards, and so forth.
>> The DNA test also reveals NO African lineage <<
Not definitive. It’s quite possible that Harding himself could have had a small percentage of African DNA, but that this DNA did not show up in his grandchildren’s DNA due to the “dilution” of DNA that occurs at each generation. Genealogists who work with DNA see this phenomenon frequently.
Obama was NOT the first black president, in other words.
Warren Harding had more claim to being African-American than Rachel Doles-All.
I’m completely serious.