Theodore Roosevelt father of First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of Theodore's distant cousin, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His paternal grandfather was of Dutch descent; his other ancestry included primarily Scottish and Scots-Irish, English and smaller amounts of German, Welsh, and French. Theodore Sr. was the fifth son of businessman Cornelius Van Schaack "C.V.S." Roosevelt and Margaret Barnhill. Theodore's fourth cousin, James Roosevelt I, who was also a businessman, was the father of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Mittie was the younger daughter of Major James Stephens Bulloch and Martha P. "Patsy" Stewart. Through the Van Schaacks, Roosevelt was a descendant of
Eleanor Butler Alexander-Roosevelt Eleanor Butler Alexander-Roosevelt Eleanor Butler Alexander Roosevelt (December 26, 1888–May 29, 1960) was an American philanthropist. She was the wife of General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and the daughter-in-law of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States. Eleanor Butler Alexander was born on December 26, 1888, the only daughter of Henry Addison Alexander, a prominent New York lawyer, and Grace Green. She was a great-granddaughter of the late Theron Butler. Throughout her life Eleanor not only supported her husband's career but also proved a highly organized, socially conscious person in her own right. From July 1917 to December 1918,