Fairly Obvious Things That You Just Probably Never Thought About

Theodore Roosevelt is more closely related to Martin Van Buren than to Franklin Roosevelt.

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Franklin Roosevelt was married to Eleanore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s niece. The two Roosevelt’s are more closely related by marriage than by blood.

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Franklin Roosevelt and Ulysses S. Grant are fourth cousins, once removed. And FDR is sixth cousins with Calvin Coolidge, twice removed.

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How are those things supposed to be so obvious we don’t think about them? :joy:

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Roosevelt’s got the same last name people think they’re super closely related, and while they are related it’s not nearly as closely as people say.

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Presidents James Madison, Zachary Taylor, and James K. Polk are all the descendants of James Taylor Sr.

Zachary Taylor and James Madison are second cousins, and Polk is their second cousin, twice removed.

Zachary Taylor’s daughter was also the first wife of Confederacy President Jefferson Davis.

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NOOOOOO I DONT WANT TO BE RELATED TO FDR :sob:

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most of the USA and Canada are majority immigrants, just that they werent born in another country.

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@PlanesAndGames Likes Azul no matter the quality or if it turns into John Cena.

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:thinking:

why does everyone think im an azul fanboy lmao

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Because you are. :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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doubt

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I believe you once said that Azul was the best airline in Brazil that is still operating…

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My Dad’s side of the family came over in early 1600s
Does that still make me an immigrant :joy:

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yes it does

unless you have native descent

Well then everyone everywhere is an immigrant
Because at one point or another that group of people went to that land.
Even the Indians here

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except ppl from somewhere in africa (aka where humanity started)

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New is ew
Old is gold

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United when they got the new livery: out with the gold

So United = :wastebasket:

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