The Custis children’s names were absent for good reason: They were not blood-related to George Washington at all. They would appear on a separate family tree only for the Custis family, into ...

DNA analysis of unmarked remains has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George Washington’s younger brother Samuel and his kin. CNN values your feedback 1.

Lacking the kind of voluminous documentation that outlines the lives of George Washington and his family, modern historians studying the African American community at Mount Vernon must pore over ...

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

A statue of George Washington stands in front of Federal Hall in New York City. A DNA study of unmarked remains has identified family members of the first president.

On Jan. 6, 1796, George Washington, the sitting president in the temporary capital of Philadelphia, wrote a long letter to his teenage step-granddaughter with relationship advice. Though ...

On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party Friday afternoon, as members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Mayor Domenic J. Sarno gathered at the ...

Retropolis George Washington said his lack of ‘immediate offspring’ was good for U.S. A 2021 interview in which Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) criticized Vice President Harris for lacking biological ...

Records showed that Harewood cemetery held 20 members of the Washington family, "including Samuel Washington and two of his wives, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, among ...