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    Was there any ancestral link between President Theodore Roosevelt and the Netherlands?

    Question #118802. Asked by flem-ish. (Nov 18 10 12:29 AM)


    looney_tunes

    		'The Roosevelt family, immigrants of Dutch origin, had been in New York since the mid-17th century.'

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt


    You can see a more detailed genealogy here:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_family

    Nov 18 10, 5:12 AM
    flem-ish

    		So F.D. Roosevelt married the niece of a previous U.S.A. President?

    Nov 18 10, 6:48 AM
    Zbeckabee

    		Yup: Following a White House reception and dinner with her uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt, on New Year's Day, 1903, Franklin's courtship of Eleanor began.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Roosevelt

    http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/roosevelt-franklin.htm

    Nov 18 10, 7:33 AM

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