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To: Jamestown1630

Details on Harding in this NYT article—explains the rumors:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/19/us/politics/dna-that-confirmed-one-warren-harding-rumor-refutes-another.html

Modern DNA tests showed that the rumors were not correct—but they were widely believed at the time.


17 posted on 12/19/2023 12:55:03 PM PST by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Obey or get canceled.)
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To: cgbg

Thanks. I had never heard about this.


19 posted on 12/19/2023 12:56:18 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: cgbg

I couldn’t read the NYT article; but did the DNA show anything about aboriginal American genes?

Looking at him again, if some ancestor ‘jumped the fence’ it seems more likely that the ancestor may have ‘gone native’ :-)


23 posted on 12/19/2023 7:29:27 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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