HUH? Lincoln does not have any living descendants, does he? He had one grandchild, but the grandchild didn't have children.
University of Minnesota thinks he has 299 living descendants.
I don't know, personally. Didn't he have some siblings, though? "Descendants" would include nieces/nephews and all their progeny.
Correction: Lincoln had several grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but none of the great grandchildren had children. Who are the descendants referred to here? Descendants of cousins, e.g.?
I don't know about this new report, but it is pretty well documented that Lincoln suffered from bipolar disorder, even seeking medical treatment for it on several occasions. Lee, Hamilton and both Roosevelts were also manic depressives.
>>>HUH? Lincoln does not have any living descendants, does he? He had one grandchild, but the grandchild didn't have children.>>>
That was my first thought too! I didn't think he had any descendants.
You are partially right.
Of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's four children, only Robert Todd Lincoln reached adulthood. Robert and his wife Mary had three children, Mary, Abraham and Jessie.Mary married Charles Isham, and they had a single child, Lincoln Isham. Lincoln Isham married, but had no children. Lincoln Isham, Abraham Lincoln's great grandson died in 1971.
Abraham "Jack" Lincoln II had no children.
Jessie Harlan Lincoln married Warren Beckwith in 1897. They had two children, both of whom were Abraham Lincoln's great-grandchildren: Mary Lincoln Beckwith and Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith. Neither had children of their own. Mary Beckwith died in 1975. Robert Beckwith, the last living descendant of Abraham Lincoln, died on December 24, 1985.
I haven't got a clue who the 299 Lincoln "descendants" are in the study described in the article.
Give all of my Presidents malformed protein.