Maybe , but I still need to see King John's long form birth certificate.
And his college records.
Seventh Grader Says Bloodlines of 42 of 43 U.S. Presidents Link Back to King John of England: Believable or Baloney?
Fergie
2012/08/08 22:00:00
|
|
|||||
|
221 votes
|
|
65% | |||
|
119 votes
|
|
35% | |||
A 7th grader made national news this week when her genealogy report revealed that 42 of the 43 U.S. presidents are descendants of King John Lackland of England. (Our 8th President Martin Van Buren is the only one not related.)
BridgeAnne d'Avignon was supposed to trace her own genealogy for the assignment, but doing so sparked her interest and she ended up spending months researching 500,000 names before coming to this amazing discovery. I actually went to the same school she attends and did that same project -- it's still in my closet somewhere -- so now I'm thinking I should have put more effort into it... But what do you guys think? Are her findings believable?
NYDAILYNEWS.COM reports:

BridgeAnne d'Avignon was supposed to trace her own genealogy for the assignment, but doing so sparked her interest and she ended up spending months researching 500,000 names before coming to this amazing discovery. I actually went to the same school she attends and did that same project -- it's still in my closet somewhere -- so now I'm thinking I should have put more effort into it... But what do you guys think? Are her findings believable?
NYDAILYNEWS.COM reports:
A young California girl made the ultimate presidential family tree and found that all of the U.S. commander-in-chiefs except for one share an ancestor - King John of England.

Read More: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/genes-sev...
Top Opinion
-
BritPunk 2012/08/08 19:51:58Believable






















King John lived nine centuries ago, and had five children. If we assume a generation every 25 years, that's 36 generations since John reigned. If each generation had two children survive to adulthood and reproduce, then the number of living descendents of King John is 2^36 (68,719,476,736). Obviously my assumptions are wrong, because that number is ten times the population of the earth, which only helps prove my point. The odds are good that anyone with British ancestry is descended from him.
set of bones from africa called lucy.
But she used it in a brilliant way.
Let's give her more time.
Ultimately all humans have common ancestry (post-flood - Noah and pre-flood - Adam.)
And what precisely is Lucy's significance to this poll?
I'm not trying to be snarky and imply she is the only... she's just a big player.
Let us put a stop to it.