This essay is adapted from First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America by Cassandra A. Good © 2023 by Cassandra A. Good, used with permission ...

But unlike George Washington ... number of ancestors — caused by multiple cross-cousin marriages in the Washington family tree. “The cross-cousin marriages impacted only the brothers ...

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

George Washington “wasn’t thrilled about it ... he married a White woman from an old Virginia family, with whom he had two children. Edmund Law was more reserved, a little more aimless ...

An investigation at a cemetery uncovered skeletal remains belonging to some of George Washington’s relatives. The remains of Washington’s family members were located in unmarked graves.