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?
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2012/08/08 22:00:00
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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
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BritPunk 2012/08/08 19:51:58
This is not some shocking revelation.
Clinton is a Rockefeller and Obama is related to Bush.
Obama is relate to Cheney.
...probably won't either... cuz I really don't care.
The only reason I know he's related to Cheney is because the media made such a huge deal out of it.
Best answer yet.
King John Lackland had 14 children (9 with mistresses) and would have had millions of descendents after 900 years.
The right of the first night--also known as jus primae noctis (law of the first night), droit du seigneur (the lord's right), etc.--has been the subject of locker-room humor and a fair amount of scholarly debate for centuries. Voltaire condemned it in 1762... it's a plot device in Beaumarchais,, The Marriage of Figaro and the Movie starring Charlton Heston,, The War Lord.. It was also featured in Mel Gibson's Braveheart..
Various old histories refer to it.
So.. EVEN among the people who would have nothing to do with the English,, there would STILL be decendents..
Their policies are reflected in the famous saying..
" The ONLY thing wrong with Scotland is that there are too many Scots there.."..