For over 80 years, a debate has raged over a claim by Lincoln scholar Rev. William E. Barton that President Abraham Lincoln and General Robert E. Lee were related through a common ancestor of Col. Richard Lee. DNA evidence has finally put this question to rest.

Read about Barton's claim and find out the truth in the article "Testing a Theory: Were Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee Related?" by FamousKin.com's Rich Hall in American Ancestors Magazine Vol. 21 (Winter 2021):44-47. Reprinted by permission of American Ancestors | New England Historic Genealogical Society.

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