Franklin D. Roosevelt family tree
The Hyde Park Roosevelts: Franklin’s parents and his half-brother Rosy, his wife and fifth cousin once removed Eleanor, and their five surviving children, who married nineteen times between them.
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Franklin and Eleanor’s five surviving children, by birth
- 1Anna Roosevelt Halsted (1906 – 1975)
- 2James Roosevelt (1907 – 1991)
- 3Elliott Roosevelt (1910 – 1990)
- 4Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1914 – 1988)
- 5John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916 – 1981)
Who is related to whom in the Franklin Roosevelt’s family
How was FDR related to Theodore Roosevelt?
Theodore Roosevelt is Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s fifth cousin, and also his wife’s uncle. Both descend from Nicholas Roosevelt and Heyltje Jans Kunst.
Was Eleanor Roosevelt related to Franklin before they married?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is Eleanor Roosevelt’s husband, and also her fifth cousin once removed. Both descend from Nicholas Roosevelt and Heyltje Jans Kunst.
How was Sara Delano Roosevelt related to Eleanor Roosevelt?
Eleanor Roosevelt is Sara Delano Roosevelt’s daughter-in-law.
How was Rosy Roosevelt related to Franklin Roosevelt?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is James Roosevelt Roosevelt’s half-brother. Both descend from James Roosevelt.
How was Anna Roosevelt related to Theodore Roosevelt?
Theodore Roosevelt is Anna Roosevelt Halsted’s maternal great-uncle. Both descend from Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt.
How is Franklin D. Roosevelt III related to FDR?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is Franklin D. Roosevelt III’s paternal grandfather.
How was Curtis Roosevelt related to Eleanor Roosevelt?
Eleanor Roosevelt is Curtis Roosevelt’s maternal grandmother.
How was Eleanor Roosevelt related to Theodore Roosevelt?
Theodore Roosevelt is Eleanor Roosevelt’s paternal uncle. Both descend from Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt.
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The Franklin Roosevelt’s family, generation by generation
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- Isaac Roosevelt (1790 – 1863) · married Mary Rebecca Aspinwall (1809 – 1886)
- James Roosevelt (1828 – 1900): Franklin's father, a Hudson Valley landowner and businessman; his son Rosy from a first marriage was 28 years older than Franklin. · married Rebecca Howland Roosevelt (1831 – 1876)
- James Roosevelt Roosevelt (1854 – 1927): Franklin's half-brother, 28 years older, a diplomat; he married Helen Astor. · married Elizabeth Riley (1869 – 1948)
- James Roosevelt Roosevelt’s children whose other parent the sources don’t name:
- Helen Rebecca Roosevelt (1881 – 1962): Rosy's daughter; by marrying Theodore's nephew Theodore Douglas Robinson she joined the Hyde Park and Oyster Bay families. · married Theodore Douglas Robinson (1883 – 1934)
- James Roosevelt Roosevelt also married Helen Schermerhorn Astor (1858 – 1893)
- Tadd Roosevelt (1879 – 1958): Rosy's son, three years older than his uncle Franklin.
- James Roosevelt also married Sara Delano Roosevelt (1854 – 1941): Franklin's mother, from the Delano family of New York; James Roosevelt's second wife.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 – 1945): The 32nd president, elected four times between 1932 and 1944; he led the United States through the Depression and most of the Second World War. · married Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962): First lady from 1933 to 1945 and later chair of the UN commission that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; Theodore's niece and Franklin's fifth cousin once removed.
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted (1906 – 1975): Franklin and Eleanor's eldest child; she sat at her father's side at the Yalta conference. · married James Addison Halsted (1905 – 1984)
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted was also married to Clarence John Boettiger (1900 – 1950)
- John Roosevelt Boettiger (b. 1939) · married Leigh McCullough (1945 – 2012)
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted was also married to Curtis Bean Dall (1896 – 1991)
- Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (b. 1927)
- Curtis Roosevelt (1930 – 2016)
- James Roosevelt (1907 – 1991): Franklin and Eleanor's eldest son; a California congressman from 1955 to 1965. · was married to Gladys Irene Owens (1917 – 1987)
- James Roosevelt also married Mary Lena Winskill (b. 1939)
- James Roosevelt was also married to Romelle Therese Schneider (1915 – 2002)
- James Roosevelt (b. 1945)
- James Roosevelt was also married to Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney (1908 – 1998)
- Sara Wilford (1932 – 2021) · married Ronald A. Wilford (1927 – 2015)
- Sara Wilford was also married to
- Kate Whitney (1936 – 2002) · married William F. Haddad (1928 – 2020)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (first) (1909 – 1909): Born in 1909 and died the same year; his name went to a younger brother in 1914.
- Elliott Roosevelt (1910 – 1990): Brigadier general and later mayor of Miami Beach; married five times. · was married to Faye Emerson (1917 – 1983)
- Elliott Roosevelt was also married to Minnewa Bell (1911 – 1983)
- Elliott Roosevelt also married Patricia Whitehead
- Elliott Roosevelt was also married to Elizabeth Browning Donner (1911 – 1980)
- William Donner Roosevelt (1932 – 2003)
- Elliott Roosevelt was also married to Ruth Josephine Googins (1909 – 1974)
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- Chandler Roosevelt Lindsley (1934 – 2018) · married Henry Dickinson Lindsley (1928 – 2011)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1914 – 1988): Congressman for New York from 1949 to 1955 and chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Lyndon Johnson. · was married to Suzanne Perrin (b. 1921)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was also married to Felicia Schiff (b. 1927)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was also married to Patricia Louise Oakes (b. 1951)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. also married Tobie Roosevelt (b. 1939)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was also married to Ethel du Pont (1916 – 1965)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt III (b. 1938)
- John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916 – 1981) · was married to Anne Lindsay Clark (1916 – 1973)
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- Isaac Roosevelt: photo by Gilbert Stuart, Public domain
- James Roosevelt: photo by This media: Gregreyj ; Original work: ? ;, Public domain
- Isaac Roosevelt: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- James Stephens Bulloch: photo by Rucker (Life time: 1793–1849), Public domain
- Cornelius Roosevelt: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Warren Delano Jr.: photo by Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Public domain
- James Dunwoody Bulloch: photo by Unknown photographer, Public domain
- Catherine Robbins Lyman: photo by William West, Public domain
- James Roosevelt: photo by Moses King, Public domain
- Robert Roosevelt: photo by Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain
- Theodore Roosevelt Sr.: photo by Unknown photographer, Public domain
- Martha Bulloch Roosevelt: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Irvine Bulloch: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- William S. Cowles: photo by Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain
- Sara Delano Roosevelt: photo by FDR Presidential Library and Museum, uncredited photographer, CC BY 2.0
- James Roosevelt Roosevelt: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Douglas Robinson: photo by Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain
- Bamie Roosevelt: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Theodore Roosevelt: photo by Adam Cuerden, Public domain
- Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt: photo by Unknown author Unknown author or not provided, Public domain
- Edith Roosevelt: photo by Brady-Handy Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain
- Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt: photo by Unknown photographer, Public domain
- Corinne Roosevelt Robinson: photo by Underwood & Underwood., Public domain
- Anna Hall Roosevelt: photo by Otto Bettmann (Life time: 1863-1892), Public domain
- Frederic Adrian Delano: photo by Brown Bros., Public domain
- Nicholas Longworth: photo by Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
- Joseph Wright Alsop: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Helen Rebecca Roosevelt: photo by Franklin D. Roosevelt with his parents, Helen R. Roosevelt and James Roosevelt at Campobello Island, 1899.jpg : FDR library derivative work: supertheman, Public domain
- Richard Derby: photo by Central News, Public domain
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: photo by Leon Perskie, CC BY 2.0
- Theodore Douglas Robinson: photo by National Photo Company, Public domain
- Francis W. Cole: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth: photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston / Adam Cuerden, Public domain
- Eleanor Roosevelt: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Theodore Roosevelt Jr.: photo by Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain
- Eleanor Butler Roosevelt: photo by Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain
- Kermit Roosevelt: photo by National Photo Company, Public domain
- Ethel Roosevelt Derby: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Hall Roosevelt: photo by Unknown photographer, Public domain
- Belle Wyatt Willard: photo by José Demaría López, Public domain
- Grace Stackpole Lockwood: photo by Henry Havelock Pierce, Public domain
- Archibald Roosevelt: photo by US Army, Public domain
- Quentin Roosevelt: photo by Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain
- Anna Roosevelt Halsted: photo by Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain
- James Roosevelt: photo by Unknown, dedicated to Bettmann Archive, Public domain
- Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney: photo by Los Angeles Daily News, CC BY 4.0
- Joseph Alsop: photo by White House Photographic Office (WHPO) - Thomas, Public domain
- Elliott Roosevelt: photo by United States Army, Public domain
- Grace Roosevelt McMillan: photo by Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.: photo by Unknown, dedicated to Bettmann Archive, Public domain
- Theodore Roosevelt III: photo by International, Public domain
- Kermit Roosevelt Jr.: photo, author unknown, Public domain
- Ethel du Pont: photo by Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain
- John Aspinwall Roosevelt: photo by Harris & Ewing, Public domain
- Anne Lindsay Clark: photo by Unknown author Unknown author or not provided, Public domain
- Faye Emerson: photo by Warner Bros. Studios, Public domain
- Susan Mary Alsop: photo by Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain
- John G. Palfrey: photo by Abbie Rowe, official White House photographer, Public domain
- Theodora Keogh: photo by Unilever, Public domain
- Betty Wyatt Roosevelt: photo by Abbie Rowe, official White House photographer, Public domain
- Paulina Longworth Sturm: photo by Harris & Ewing, Public domain
- Selwa Roosevelt: photo by National Council of US-Arab Relations, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Curtis Roosevelt: photo by John Stephen Dwyer Uploaded by John Stephen Dwyer at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
- William Weld: photo by Gary Johnson from Taos, NM, CC BY 2.0
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