From the first 17th-century merchants who established their family's fortune to Eleanor Roosevelt's vehement activity in public affairs in the 1960s, the family's influence on American politics ...

Explore photos and a multimedia timeline about the storied family below ... Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, three members of the most prominent and influential family in American politics.

Franklin and Eleanor ... Franklin Roosevelt was related to 11 U.S. presidents: five by blood and six by marriage and all but one — Van Buren — on his mother’s side of the family.

Anna Eleanor Fierst, the former First Lady's great-granddaughter, attended the event to speak about her family’s legacy in human rights. Joining her on the stage were two Holocaust survivors ...