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.

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 ...

A 300-year-old Delaware tree that once shaded George Washington and his generals as they met to plan an American Revolution battle may soon be lost to history. Known as “the Witness Tree,” the ...

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.

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 ...