Direct Descent
The United States Presidents who are related to each other by direct descent are:
- John Adams and John Quincy Adams (father and son)
- William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison (grandfather and grandson)
- George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush (father and son)
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