Ancestral background of presidents of the United States

Last updated December 16, 2024

The ancestral background of presidents of the United States has been relatively consistent throughout American history. The most common ancestry of U.S. presidents is English, due to its origins as a group of former English colonies. With the exception of Martin Van Buren and possibly Dwight D. Eisenhower,^[1] every president has ancestors from the British Isles; Van Buren was of Dutch (New Netherlander) lineage and Eisenhower was of German (Pennsylvania Dutch) and Swiss heritage. John F. Kennedy and Donald J. Trump are the only known presidents who did not have ancestors who arrived during the colonial period. Barack Obama is thus far the only president to have ancestry from outside of Europe; his paternal family is of Kenyan Luo ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon.^[2] There is no evidence that any president has had Indigenous American ancestry.

The most common ethnic groups in the Thirteen Colonies were those from either Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) or Ulster (north Ireland). Those of Irish, Dutch, German, or French backgrounds would see attempts to assimilate them into the dominant English and predominately Protestant culture.^[3] A majority of presidents trace their ancestries to the American colonists, in which they are known as Old Stock Americans.

Some nativist political groups within the United States were adamantly opposed to identifying with a foreign nation and would coin those who did as hyphenated Americans. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were outspoken opponents of hyphenated Americans, with Wilson once remarking, "Any man who carries a hyphen about with him, carries a dagger that he is ready to plunge into the vitals of this Republic when he gets ready."^[4]

Ancestry table

Summary:

(British) English – 38
(British) Scottish – 23
(British) Ulster Scots – 23
(British) Welsh – 17
French – 12
German – 11
Irish – 9
Dutch – 6
Swiss – 3
Swedish – 2
Canadian – 1
(British) Guernsey – 1
Kenyan (Luo) – 1

No.	President and parents	Canadian	Dutch	English	French	German	Guernsey	Irish	Luo	Scottish	Swedish	Swiss	Ulster Scots	Welsh	Patrilineal emigrant ancestor	Citations
1	George Washington (1732–1799) Augustine Washington Mary Ball			Yes	Yes										John Washington (great-grandfather) Sulgrave, England → Colony of Virginia (1656)	^[5]^[6]
2	John Adams (1735–1826) John Adams Sr. Susanna Boylston			Yes										Yes	Henry Adams (2nd great-grandfather) Braintree, England → Braintree, [Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1633)	^[7]^[8]
3	Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) Peter Jefferson Jane Randolph			Yes						Yes				Yes	Samuel Jefferson	^[8]^[9]^[10]
4	James Madison (1751–1836) James Madison Sr. Eleanor Madison			Yes										Yes	Isaac Madison (3rd great-grandfather) London, England → Jamestown, Colony of Virginia (1608)	^[9]^[11]^[12]
5	James Monroe (1758–1831) Spence Monroe Elizabeth Jones			Yes	Yes					Yes				Yes	Andrew Monroe (2nd great-grandfather) Scotland → Colony of Virginia (c.1650)	^[7]^[8]^[9]^[13]
6	John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) John Adams Abigail Smith			Yes										Yes	Henry Adams (3rd great-grandfather) Braintree, England → Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1633)	^[7]^[8]
7	Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) Andrew Jackson Sr. Elizabeth Hutchinson			Yes						Yes			Yes		Andrew Jackson Sr. (father) Boneybefore, Ireland → Waxhaws, Carolinas (1765)	^[7]^[8]^[9]^[13]
8	Martin Van Buren (1782–1862) Abraham Van Buren Maria Hoes		Yes												Cornelis Maessen van Buren (3rd great-grandfather) Buurmalsen, Netherlands → New Netherland (1631)	^[14]^[15]
9	William Henry Harrison (1773–1841) Benjamin Harrison V Elizabeth Bassett			Yes									Yes	Yes	Benjamin Harrison (3rd great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia (c.1630)	^[7]^[8]^[16]
10	John Tyler (1790–1862) John Tyler Sr. Mary Marot Armisted			Yes	Yes										Henry Tyler (3rd great-grandfather) Shropshire, England → Colony of Virginia (c.1652)	^[6]^[7]
11	James K. Polk (1795–1849) Samuel Polk Jane Knox									Yes			Yes		Robert Bruce Polk (great-grandfather) Lifford, Ireland → Province of Maryland (c.1680)	^[10]^[17]
12	Zachary Taylor (1784–1850) Richard Taylor Sarah Dabney Strother			Yes											James Taylor (2nd great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia	^[18]
13	Millard Fillmore (1800–1874) Nathaniel Fillmore Phoebe Millard			Yes											John Fillmore Sr (2nd great-grandfather) England → Massachusetts Bay Colony	^[18]
14	Franklin Pierce (1804–1869) Benjamin Pierce Anna Kendrick			Yes										Yes	Thomas Pierce (3rd great-grandfather) Norwich, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1634)	^[18]
15	James Buchanan (1791–1868) James Buchanan Sr. Elizabeth Speer									Yes			Yes		James Buchanan Sr. (father) Ramelton, Ireland → Pennsylvania (1783)	^[17]
16	Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) Thomas Lincoln Nancy Hanks			Yes									Yes	Yes	Samuel Lincoln (4th great-grandfather) Hingham, England → Hingham, Massachusetts Bay Colony (1638)	^[7]^[8]^[17]
17	Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) Jacob Johnson Mary McDonough			Yes				Yes				Yes	Yes		Edward Johnston (2nd great-grandfather) Aberdeen, Scotland → New Kent, Colony of Virginia (1664)	^[16]^{[ failed verification ]}^[18]^{[ verification needed ]}
18	Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) Jesse Root Grant Hannah Simpson			Yes						Yes			Yes		Matthew Grant (5th great-grandfather) England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)	^[7]^[17]^[18]
19	Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) Rutherford Hayes Jr. Sophia Birchard			Yes						Yes			Yes		George Hayes (3rd great-grandfather) Scotland → Windsor, Connecticut Colony (c.1680)	^[19]
20	James A. Garfield (1831–1881) Abram Garfield Eliza Ballou			Yes	Yes									Yes	Edward Garfield (5th great-grandfather) Hillmorton, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)	^[6]^[8]^[18]
21	Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886) William Arthur Malvina Stone			Yes						Yes			Yes	Yes	William Arthur (father) Cullybackey, Ireland → Lower Canada (c.1820) Lower Canada → Vermont (c.1822)	^[9]^[16]
22/24	Grover Cleveland (1837–1908) Richard Falley Cleveland Ann Neal			Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes		Moses Cleveland (5th great-grandfather) Ipswich, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (1635)	^[9]^[17]
23	Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) John Scott Harrison Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin			Yes						Yes			Yes	Yes	Benjamin Harrison (5th great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia (c.1630)	^[7]^[11]^[17]
25	William McKinley (1843–1901) William McKinley Sr. Nancy Campbell Allison			Yes						Yes			Yes		John McKinley (2nd great-grandfather) Dervock, Ireland → Province of Pennsylvania (1742)	^[7]^[10]^[17]
26	Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Martha Bulloch		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes			Yes	Yes	Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt (5th great-grandfather) Netherlands → New Amsterdam, New Netherland (c.1649)	^[6]^[8]^[9]^[15]
27	William Howard Taft (1857–1930) Alphonso Taft Louise Maria Torrey			Yes									Yes		Robert Taft Sr. (4th great-grandfather) County Louth, Ireland → Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1675)	^[18]
28	Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) Joseph Ruggles Wilson Janet E. "Jessie" Woodrow									Yes			Yes		James Wilson (grandfather) Ulster, Ireland → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (c.1795)	^[10]^[16]
29	Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) George Tryon Harding Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson		Yes	Yes						Yes				Yes	Richard Harding (8th great grandfather) Northampton, England → Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony (1623)	^[9]
30	Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) John Calvin Coolidge Sr. Victoria Josephine Moor			Yes										Yes	John Coolidge (7th great-grandfather) Cottenham, England → Watertown, Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1635)	^[7]^[11]
31	Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) Jesse Clark Hoover Hulda Randall Minthorn	Yes		Yes		Yes						Yes		Yes	Andreas Huber (3rd great-grandfather) Ellerstadt, Holy Roman Empire → Province of Pennsylvania (1738)	^[20]^[21] ^[22]
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) James Roosevelt I Sara Ann Delano		Yes	Yes	Yes					Yes					Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt (5th great-grandfather) Netherlands → New Amsterdam, New Netherland (c.1649)
33	Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) John Anderson Truman Martha Ellen Young			Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes			Yes		Unknown	^[17]^[23]
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) David Jacob Eisenhower Ida Elizabeth Stover					Yes						Yes			Johann Peter Eisenhauer (2nd great-grandfather) Karlsbrunn, Holy Roman Empire → York, Province of Pennsylvania (1741)	^[21]^[24]^[25]
35	John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald							Yes							Patrick Kennedy (great-grandfather) New Ross, Ireland → Boston, Massachusetts (c.1848)	^[16]^[26]
36	Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. Rebekah Baines			Yes	Yes	Yes				Yes			Yes		Unknown	^[27]
37	Richard Nixon (1913–1994) Francis Anthony Nixon Hannah Elizabeth Milhous			Yes		Yes							Yes	Yes	Unknown	^[8]^[16]
38	Gerald Ford (1913–2006) Leslie Lynch King Sr. Dorothy Ayer Gardner			Yes						Yes					Philip King Devonshire, England → Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania (1730)	^[28]
39	Jimmy Carter (born 1924) James Earl Carter Sr. Bessie Lillian Gordy			Yes						Yes			Yes		Thomas Carter (8th great-grandfather) England → Colony of Virginia (c.1635)	^[9]^[17]
40	Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) John Edward Reagan Nelle Clyde Wilson			Yes				Yes		Yes					Michael O'Regan (great-grandfather) County Tipperary, Ireland → London, England (1852) London, England → Carroll County, Illinois (1856)	^[29]^[30]
41	George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) Prescott Sheldon Bush Dorothy Wear Walker		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes		John Bush (7th great-grandfather) Messing, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1640)	^[9]^[17]^[31]^[32] ^[33]^[34]
42	Bill Clinton (born 1946) William Jefferson Blythe Jr. Virginia Dell Cassidy			Yes				Yes					Yes		Unknown	^[9]^[17]
43	George W. Bush (born 1946) George Herbert Walker Bush Barbara Pierce		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes		John Bush (8th great-grandfather) Messing, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1640)	^[9]^[17]^[31]^[32] ^[33]^[34]
44	Barack Obama (born 1961) Barack Hussein Obama Sr. Stanley Ann Dunham			Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Barack Obama Sr. (father) Nyang'oma Kogelo, Kenya Colony → Honolulu, Hawaii (1959)	^[2]^[35] ^[36]^[37]
45/47	Donald Trump (born 1946) Frederick Christ Trump Sr. Mary Anne MacLeod					Yes				Yes					Friedrich Trump (grandfather) Kallstadt, Germany → New York City, New York (1885)	^[10]^[38]
46	Joe Biden (born 1942) Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. Catherine Eugenia Finnegan			Yes	Yes			Yes							William Biden (3rd great-grandfather) Westbourne, England → Baltimore, Maryland (c.1820)	^[39]

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[AAP-1] Roberts, Gary (1995). Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society. p. 8. ISBN 0-936124-19-9 . Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[CBSObama-2] 1 2 Plante, Bill (July 30, 2012). "Surprising link found in Obama's family tree". cbsnews.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[3] B. Moniz, Amanada (September 7, 2018). "Culture in the colonial classroom: A failed attempt at assimilation". National Museum of American History . Retrieved July 18, 2020.

[4] Siegel, Robert; Silverman, Art (April 7, 2017). "During World War I, U.S. Government Propaganda Erased German Culture". NPR . Retrieved July 18, 2018.

[5] Hardy, Rob. "Ancestry". The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington. Mount Vernon, Virginia: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[FTM062001-6] 1 2 3 4 Taylor, Maureen A. (June 2001). "The French Connection". Family Tree Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[DHFischer1989-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Fischer, David Hackett (1989). Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. New York City: Oxford University Press. pp. 834–839. ISBN 978-0-19-506905-1 . Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[WalesOnline-8] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Williamson, David (October 27, 2017). "The American Presidents with family links to Wales". walesonline.co.uk. Cardiff, Wales, UK: Media Wales. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[findmypast-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Cullen, Niall (February 21, 2020). "A whistlestop tour of every US president's ancestry". findmypast.com. Dundee, Scotland, UK: DC Thomson. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

[Six09112019Scottish-10] 1 2 3 4 5 "Your Queries: From Scotland to the White House… Six presidents with Scottish ancestry". sundaypost.com. Glasgow, Scotland, UK: DC Thomson & Co. September 11, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[WelshAmerica-11] 1 2 3 "The Welsh in America". nawf.wales. Penarth, Wales, UK: North America Wales Foundation. 2016. Archived from the original on May 21, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[12] Tyler, Lyon Gardiner (1915). Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 92.

[Ammon_1971-13] 1 2 Ammon, Harry (1971). James Monroe: the quest for national identity. Internet Archive. New York, McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-001582-1.

[14] Silbey, Joel (October 4, 2016). "Martin Van Buren: Life Before the Presidency". Charlottesville, Virginia: Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia. Retrieved September 23, 2020.

[DutchImmigration-15] 1 2 Simkin, John (January 2020). "Dutch Immigration". spartacus-educational.com. Spartacus Educational Publishers. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[Irishancestors-16] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Murphy, Sean. "American Presidents with Irish Ancestors". Bray, Ireland: Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies. Retrieved May 25, 2020.^{[ self-published source ]}

[UlsterScots-17] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Kennedy, Billy. "Ulster-Scots and the United States Presidents" (PDF). Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK: The Ulster-Scots Agency. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[Vinmont1933-18] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vinmont, Rolf Benjamin, ed. (1933). Our Presidents At A Glance. New York City: Grosset & Dunlap. p. 77.

[19] "Hayes Family Genealogy". rbhayes.org. Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

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v t e United States presidential families
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Political families	Adams Harrison Taft Roosevelt Bush Kennedy
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