Is the Hamilton bloodline still alive?

Does Alexander Hamilton have any living descendants now? In short, yes. There are some descendants of the real Alexander Hamilton still living today. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Doug Hamilton is the great-great-great-great-great grandson of Alexander Hamilton.
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Does Burr have any living descendants?

Many of the group's 200 members are distant relatives of Burr, who had no direct descendants.
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Does Alexander the Great have any living descendants?

The people of the Kalash tribe, who live in the Chitral district of Pakistan, believe they are descendants of Alexander the Great's troops who settled in the area about 23 centuries ago. Numbering only about 4,000, their unique culture is in danger of extinction.
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Does George Washington have any living descendants?

Thus, there are no direct descendants of George Washington. However, he had numerous siblings and half-siblings and there are many descendants of the Washington family. George Washington's nephew, Bushrod Washington, inherited Mount Vernon.
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Who is the last descendant of Hamilton?

Doug Hamilton is the great-great-great-great grandson of John Church Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's fourth son. Doug is a lifelong Ohio resident and grandparent of six.
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12 Insane DESCENDANTS of Famous People



Was Alexander Hamilton Black?

While Hamilton himself was born in the West Indies, he was most definitely white. And George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr are usually played by Black actors. None of them was Black, obviously.
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Are there any living descendants of Benjamin Franklin?

"We found out about wonderful Franklin artifacts that are in families that we didn't even know about," she says. She also was able to update her genealogical data base, which now lists 3,380 descendants, 300 of them added during the weekend. She estimates that at least 2,000 descendants are alive today.
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Which founding father has the most descendants?

President John Tyler (above) fathered a total of 15 children—more than any other president—with two wives, the second of whom was 30 years his junior.
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Is Barbara Eden a descendant of Benjamin Franklin?

Early years. Eden was born on August 23, 1931, in Tucson, Arizona, to Alice Mary (née Franklin) and Hubert Henry Morehead. She is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin. (For decades, her year of birth was thought to be 1934.)
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Do any Founding Fathers have direct descendants?

Twenty-nine direct descendants of America's Founding Fathers came together to re-create John Trumbull's historic Declaration of Independence painting 241 years after it was originally created.
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What color was Alexander Hamilton's eyes?

Alexander Hamilton has violet blue eyes.
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Why does Hamilton face left?

That painting was completed posthumously in 1805; Hamilton had been shot and killed in a duel with Aaron Burr the year before. 7) Alexander faces left where the other members of the Faces On Money Club are turned right.
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What happened to Aaron Burr after he shot?

as her lawyer. When Burr died, he was partially paralyzed. In his final years, Burr was financially dependent on his friends, and he suffered multiple strokes that ultimately left him partially paralyzed. He finally died in September 1836 at the age of 80 in the care of a cousin on Staten Island, New York.
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Why does King George spit?

He has good-naturedly laughed about it and shrugged it off in previous interviews, simply stating it just happens when he's on stage. But despite the fact that it's unintentional, Groff's spitting as King George ends up amplifying the intensity of his character.
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Did Eliza remarry?

And a lot of the credit for that, by the way, goes to Eliza. She lived fifty years longer than Alexander, but she never remarried, and spent most of her time preserving his legacy.
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Was Alexander Hamilton's mother black?

Hamilton probably lied about his age.

The illegitimate son of a Scottish immigrant father and a British West Indian mother (who happened to be married to someone else), Alexander Hamilton was born on the Caribbean island of Nevis on January 11.
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What happened to Alexander Hamilton's children?

Elizabeth bore eight children between the years 1782 and 1802, miscarrying at least once. Ironically, her eldest son Philip, aged nineteen, was killed in a duel by an associate of Aaron Burr. After Philip's untimely death, her eldest daughter, Angelica, named after Elizabeth's sister, went insane.
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Did Eliza really tell Hamilton's story?

With the betrayal of the Reynolds Pamphlet and the illicit details it contained, Alexander told the world his secrets and shared their story without her permission. Upon his death, it was Eliza who told his story and took control of his narrative.
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How did Eliza react to Hamilton's death?

Immediately following her husband's death, Eliza was so distraught that friends and family feared for her sanity. She did not attend the funeral, and soon retreated with her daughters and younger sons to her father's house in Albany.
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Who was the best looking Founding Fathers?

10 Hottest Founding Fathers:
  • Sam Adams. Sure, he's a smarty with that Harvard degree of his, but Sam Adams just kind of looks like a guy who would break down your door to help you with your math homework. ...
  • John Adams. ...
  • John Jay. ...
  • Paul Revere. ...
  • Patrick Henry. ...
  • John Hancock. ...
  • Thomas Jefferson. ...
  • George Washington.
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Who is related to Ben Franklin?

Franklin's brothers, John and James, each had a son, but these died without children. His first cousin, Samuel, likewise had a son, but the children of this son were four daughters. Dr. Franklin's eldest son, William, died in London, November, 1813.
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Who are the descendants of the signers of the Declaration of Independence?

That phrase is something we all know—it just rings in the ears.” Belman is descended from three signers: Samuel Chase of Maryland, William Ellery of Rhode Island, and Oliver Wolcott of Connecticut. Her son, John Chase Belman, will also be participating in the reading of the Declaration of Independence.
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