Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States - Famous kin of Jimmy Carter

I guess if You are related to Udny's You are related most of the people in the list..

"Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States is your 15th cousin."

I am descended from most (if not all) of the same people -- some, like William the Conqueror and his descendant, King John I Lackland -- several times over.
Almost (if not all) every U S. President is related to each other, and I am related to almost every one of them, if not all.
I believe that if a person has Colonial American ancestry, they fit that profile, and the more Colonial American ancestry, the truer that is.
(Yes, I believe there IS -- or at least WAS -- a "bloodline" requirement for U.S. presidents.)
After all, we are descended fairly recently from only a few thousand people, and those few thousand had to marry SOMEBODY!

A fun fact:
The family of Jimmy Carter's cousin, Hodding Carter, has lived in my hometown of Hammond, LA for a long time.
My mother's great-grandfather, Leroy Thomas, was a founder, and streets there are named for him.

Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States is your fifth cousin twice removed.
You → Debra Kim Hayes GS3487094 (your mother) → Jack Evan Hayes (her father) → John Washington Hayes (his father) → Martha Georgiana Hayes (his mother) → George W. Helms (her father) → Joel Helms (his father) → Susannah Helms (his mother) → Sarah Helms (her sister) → Pamly Uriah Helms (her son) → Harriet Emily Gordy (his daughter) → James Jackson "Jim Jack" Gordy, Sr. (her son) → Bessie "Lillian" (Gordy) Carter (his daughter) → Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (her son)

Not only "if a person has Colonial American ancestry" related to a US President - They are also likely to have an African-American cousin. Such as President Carter being related to Berry Gordy of "Motown" fame.

No OFFICIAL bloodline requirement, of course
But if you understand that EVERY ONE OF THEM has descended from English royalty, it appears to me that you ALSO understand there was something that kept outsiders OUT of the presidency.

Let me rephrase that:
Out of CONSIDERATION by those at the top, for the office of U S. President.
I can't believe it's just been a coincidence, all this time.

As for the African-American cousin, yes, you are right.
I have both Native American AND Sub-Saharan African DNA, despite my freckles as a child, my blonde hair, and my blue green eyes.

Btw, I checked, and I am related to EVERYONE who is -- so far -- on this thread. If it's once for those complicated relationships, it's probably more than once.

Berry Gordy, you say, Richard?
Yep.
There he is.

'Berry "Pops" Gordy is your 17th cousin.'

Hi Judith Arnett,
Almost everyone on Geni is related if they have a fairly accurate and extensively filled out tree. Most everyone can go back to some kinds of royal houses as the generational fact of multiple grandparents kicks in and we have more chances to "win that lottery" with every generation we can confirm on Geni. Though most of us tend to view it all with a side-eye. Most of us would be too far away in line to inherit a castle.

All those metaphors aside, it isn't a conspiracy that most of the presidents are related to each other or to royalty or to all of us. Heck, you and I are 17th cousins. :-) That is the purpose of the Geni World Tree - to figure out how we are all connected.

Yes, I understand what you are saying, but if you think about it, the presidents aren't just related to English royalty, they're direct descendants.
And yes, I know that a lot of colonial families are, but a lot are not.
I wouldn't call it a conspiracy.
To those who make the decisions about who should lead the parties, that's simply as it should be, in their minds.
They believe it's the natural order, and they try hard to keep that order intact.
Just my opinion, for what it's worth.

President Carter was a cool person. Look at the life he lead. He accomplished so much, personally, professionally. Loved music. Thought outside the box. Took risks. Watch the clips of him, old ones, newer ones. He really enjoyed himself, his wife, the world.

Who cares about this "bloodline" nonsense? Stop it.

We should all live a life with so much love and kindness. He was fortunate, and he also gave so much back in his time here.

I thought this was well known?