Genetic analysis has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of President George Washington ... cousin marriages in the Washington family tree. “The cross-cousin marriages ...

With further digging, I located a Washington descendant who had compiled just what I was looking for: a massive family tree that showed all the descendants of George Washington’s father.

An investigation at a cemetery uncovered skeletal remains belonging to some of George ... Walter Washington to examine whether the remains were part of the Washington family tree.

I am related to a man who once knew a man who knew another man who knew George Washington. And to prove it, my family has a souvenir ... to a grand old chestnut tree planted by Washington himself.

The museum adventure gives insight into the nation's first president, long before his Mount Vernon estate on the banks of the ...