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.

WASHINGTON - George H.W. Bush, the president who managed the end of the Cold War and forged a global coalition to oust Iraqi forces from Kuwait, died Friday at 94. Bush bristled at the term ...

A DNA examination of remains in unmarked graves uncovered a mystery surrounding President George Washington’s family tree.

Human History Unmarked Remains in West Virginia Are Actually George Washington’s Descendants The founding father's grandnephews were identified from fragmentary bones in a rural family cemetery.