Which of FDR's kids lived the most interesting life?
@ColorsofHopeCraftsASMR11 ай бұрын
Anna
@jacquelinezr11 ай бұрын
Depends what you mean by interesting. They all seemed to have led pretty full lives (good and bad).
@mikadmitra17997 ай бұрын
Anna, but Elliott soo interesting bad boy)
@KrystalStardust-i9c7 ай бұрын
FDR, Jr He should've been President
@mikadmitra17997 ай бұрын
@@KrystalStardust-i9c why? he was a politician yes, but why president? he had such interesting and usefull program?
@roberttrott525910 ай бұрын
My father was Supply Officer in USS Baltimore in 1944 when she took FDR from San Francisco to Honolulu for a conference with General MacArthur and Admiral Nimitz. When the meeting was over, they took the President to Alaska for a fishing trip. When Baltimore returned to SF my dad left the ship with orders to his new duty station in Washington, DC and was met by my mother and my oldest brother who he had not seen for over a year. My mother told me many years later that my dad had told her "the president is really sick, he will not survive a fourth term", or words to that affect. Barely nine months later he was dead.
@sherriebenson3569 ай бұрын
Don’t you mean a 4th term?
@roberttrott52599 ай бұрын
@@sherriebenson356 Thank you. Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. The public had been kept in the dark about the true state of his health.
@oneeyedman999 ай бұрын
@@roberttrott5259 Most Americans didn't even know he was paralyzed. A very different time.
@ABab-jf2jb8 ай бұрын
@@oneeyedman99paralyzed and had a mistress?
@oneeyedman998 ай бұрын
@@ABab-jf2jb He was paralyzed, but not as paralyzed as people who had been through, say, a broken neck. He could only walk a few steps, but he could still stand and give a speech (with the help of braces), and could walk in a swimming pool. So yes, a mistress was far from out of the question.
@sandrap418810 ай бұрын
I was at Warm Springs, GA about a decade ago whilst a Roosevelt family reunion was taking place. Gathering together from all over to watch the Ken Burns documentary before it was shown to the public if memory serves me right. I was amazed at how strong Eleanor & Frankin's genes were when I witnessed their grandchildren & great grandchildren walking around town & attending functions. A few men had Franklin's looks & mannerisms & there were teenage girls so tall just like Eleanor. It would be interesting to learn about their lives & see how being the grandchildren & great grandchildren of such a famous power couple affects their lives.
@travelseatsyellowlab5 ай бұрын
Most of the Roosevelt grandchildren and great-grandchildren became professionals and enjoyed more success and stability than their parents had. Among some of the grandchildren, there is a teacher/librarian, a few psychologists, historians and authors, rabbis, a professor, and others.
@jacquelumb28739 ай бұрын
I was named for Eleanor Roosevelt. My Mom was a big fan of Franklin, she just loved him, so I was given the name Jacquelyn Eleanor Horn at birth. Now I have a granddaughter, Eleanor, named after me. She is a real Dickens and a smooth operator. When she gets to be a teen, they will have trouble with her. She has already decided she wants a limo for a car.🥰
@kerryprzytula727 күн бұрын
Good story. You made the ugly name Elenor seem a little ok.
@fulanichild31389 ай бұрын
'Intrepidity' and 'mayoralty'. You taught me new words!🙂
@stephenwright882411 ай бұрын
There was also a minor event when one son, a naval officer stationed in the Pacific, radioed his brother, likewise stationed, after their father died, asking if he was going to the funeral. The other brother said no ("Let's finish up out here," was close to the answer he gave.)
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
By the time Franklin died, his sons had barely any relationship with him at all, as they had to get on the president's calendar to have a conversation with him.
@elizabethtobin689411 ай бұрын
How hurtful for Eleanor to learn he had been with his mistress before he died. Eleanor was known for her hard work, and no nonsense. A true lady.
@KoolT11 ай бұрын
Full of grace.
@sbpierce998711 ай бұрын
And her $hit of a daughter knew all about his affair and rubbed her mother’s nose in it.
@colleenobrien821211 ай бұрын
I don’t think she really cared. She may have been happy to have him occupied elsewhere. She definitely had more class than he ever did. And I highly doubt she didn’t know about the affair. What would have strained the relationship with her daughter was that she sided with her father. It has also been rumored that Eleanor was a lesbian. I don’t know the truth of that.
@lyndawilliams457011 ай бұрын
Who also had affairs with other ladies…I respect her but she did have affairs too
@sbpierce998711 ай бұрын
@@lyndawilliams4570 it’s rumoured.
@barbaramills883311 ай бұрын
😅Elliot also wrote good mysteries with his mother as the sleuth.
@cynthiaalver11 ай бұрын
I've read all of them and really enjoyed them. I liked the way he wove personalities of the era into his stories.
@pughoneycutt198610 ай бұрын
Eleanor was certainly a historical person, but after reading her autobiography I realized that the Eleanor legend was far greater than the Eleanor reality based on her own words
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
Franklin wouldn't have been as successful as he was without her. She had the coveted Roosevelt lineage, stature, reputation, and money.
@pughoneycutt198610 ай бұрын
@travelingwithkaylon her greatest contribution was winning the war with his mother about how he should live after he got polio. His mother wanted him to take it easy, stay at Hyde Park and collect stamps. A different woman may have agreed.
@lauramcgowan374010 ай бұрын
Eleanor was teddy’s niece
@judysilvio151110 ай бұрын
What president didn’t have a mistress?
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
@judysilvio1511 yes, for several years. She is said to have carried on with both men and women herself.
@herondelatorre40239 ай бұрын
Franklin D. Roosevelt : 1882 - 1945 & Eleanor Roosevelt : 1884 - 1962 ; Their six children : Anna Roosevelt 1906 - 1975, James Roosevelt 1907 - 1991, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. ( 1 ) 1909 - 1909, Elliott Roosevelt 1910 - 1990, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. ( 2 ) 1914 - 1988, and John Roosevelt 1916 - 1981
@oneeyedman9911 ай бұрын
Whatever their other virtues, the Roosevelts don't seem to have modeled a solid marriage for their offspring. The five surviving Roosevelt children had 21 marriages.
@GailBrenner-vt9ou11 ай бұрын
Unless you have lived 150 yrs...don't judge others. It's useless.
@hanshawks508810 ай бұрын
So did Liz Tolar
@doreekaplan258910 ай бұрын
Nuts. Eleanor was predominantly gay. He built a house for her and 2 women friends on his property. She accepted his mistress living in White House. No other First Lady did anywhere NEAR what she did for 12 YEARS.
@sherriebenson3569 ай бұрын
Wow!
@travelseatsyellowlab5 ай бұрын
There were just as many other men besides Franklin that Eleanor had been involved with for years. Some of her relationships with men ran parallel to some of the relationships she was having with women @doreekaplan2589 .
@doreekaplan258910 ай бұрын
Elliott wrote a GREAT book series with his mom as the heroine.
@nareshvasishth403411 ай бұрын
Quote from Don Quixote "The facts just conceal the truth" This was our famous President. Good marriages are scarce. If you have one. BE GRATEFUL.
@kimbradley95955 ай бұрын
No one has a good marriage it should be like your license renew every 4 years
@michelleelle462211 ай бұрын
How about the grandchildren next?
@travelseatsyellowlab5 ай бұрын
Fortunately for the grandchildren, there were fewer scandals than there had been with their parents. Most of the grandchildren pursued higher education, became professionals, enjoyed long careers, married and started families, and were largely more stable and disciplined than their parents had been. Eleanor had been greatly influential in bringing them up, so she instilled Roosevelt values in the ones she could reach.
@mht587511 ай бұрын
Elliott wrote some great mystery novels, they are worth reading
@leecarlson971310 ай бұрын
I love his mysteries! I reread them occasionally, and can still enjoy them. His mother helps law enforcement is solving mysteries.
@lesliegoodman-malamuth97969 ай бұрын
Eleanor did not learn from her daughter Anna Boettiger of Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd’s presence at FDR’s side in Warm Springs when he died. A cousin of FDR’s named Laura Delano also was present that day; she made a point of telling Eleanor first.
@Griffinmc10 ай бұрын
Franklin Jr. was married 5 times, Anna 3 times, Elliot 5 times, James 4 times, and John twice. By contrast, none of cousin Teddy’s six kids was married more than once. A difference in parenting, perhaps?
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
Yet, at least one of TR's daughters openly carried on with men who weren't her husband and had a child by an affair partner. That child eventually died under mysterious, still inconclusive circumstances.
@Griffinmc10 ай бұрын
@@travelseatsyellowlab That would be ol’ Alice, about which Teddy famously said, “I can run the country or I can run Alice. But I can’t do both.” Ironically, while Alice was a handful and her first cousin Eleanor was an angel, it was Eleanor who had all the kids who couldn’t keep themselves married!
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
@@Griffinmc multiple divorces > Having an only child who attempted suicide at least once, couldn't succeed in college, abandoning their only child due to a suspected suicide.
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
@Griffinmc also, TR's son Kermit's son, stepping out on his wife, becoming a public embarrassment, eventually taking his own life.
@Griffinmc10 ай бұрын
@@travelseatsyellowlab True, but Ethel and Ted had good loving marriages. Archie was a curmudgeon but a decent father and husband. We’ll never know about Quentin, but he probably would have gotten himself into some kind of trouble. (I beat you to it!)
@carlinshowalter180611 ай бұрын
Very interesting!
@emmgeevideo11 ай бұрын
I think that Lucy Rutherford should be considered "former mistress". Toward the end of his life, FDR was exhausted and ill. He craved downtime with people who didn't make any demands on him. Eleanor famously treated their one-on-one time as an opportunity to pitch her own political agenda. Anna took charge late in his life as his protector as described in this piece. Her role in the Yalta trip was very key. She facilitated many opportunities for FDR to relax and conserve the limited energy that he had. Yes, Lucy Rutherford spent time with FDR toward the end, but no one has alleged the resumption of their sexual affair. My opinion is that she was an old friend that FDR was comfortable with and nothing more tawdry than conversation happened in his last months. But obviously it was hurtful when Eleanor found out, especially when she learned of Anna's role.
@emilerose142411 ай бұрын
Your comment sounds like something Camilla Parker Bowles would say--the Chivalrous Mistress as Old Friend escape hatch. Though ill, FDR was still president, and exhausted or not, he had a responsibility to the nation. If unable to fulfill that responsibility, he had an obligation to step down. He didn't step down, but was lucky enough to have a wife dedicated to helping or herding him to fulfill that responsibility.
@emmgeevideo11 ай бұрын
@@emilerose1424 You've been reading too many fan magazines and not enough US history. Eleanor Roosevelt had nothing to do with the Roosevelt administration in terms of cabinet leadership, military leadership, or other governmental functions. She was a national figure to be sure and she was Roosevelt's eyes and ears in many respects due to her frequent travel. He would use her to float some of his more radical ideas to test them on the public. Roosevelt is a complicated person and his health up to the election of 1944 was an issue. But he was fully engaged in government and national leadership to the end of his life. Moreover, he had long before made key appointments such as Henry Stimson and George Marshall and those people continued to prosecute the war to a successful conclusion. I stand by my statement that Lucy was an ex-mistress. Can someone stop being a mistress and just be a friend? Or does a dalliance in the 19-teens that ended 30+ years prior still rate a person as "his mistress"?
@jacquelinezr11 ай бұрын
EXACTLY!!! The daughter tried to bring some joy to her dying father. Her parents didn't have an actual marriage for decades. And she was also much closer to her father than to her mother. Why not bring your dying father a little happiness by letting him spend a little bit of time with the woman who is the love of his life?
@emilerose142411 ай бұрын
You are not alone in reading history. You and I just have different values.
@emmgeevideo11 ай бұрын
@@emilerose1424 If nothing else, I don't see how resuming contact with someone who once was indeed "his mistress" makes her, in 1945, once again "his mistress". Also I see no connection with Parker-Bowles and Charles. Their "affair" was ongoing from Charles' youth until well into adulthood. He would have gladly brought her into the limelight except that "The Firm" was dead set against it. Finally the queen relented and then the relationship was normalized and even consecrated. But yes, both men broke their marriage vows so your values do pertain. Your historical analysis is less acute. IMHO that is...
@gkennedy299810 ай бұрын
"Influence Peddling"! Hello, Ivanka! Hello, Hunter! Nothing new under the sun, eh?
@roberttrott525910 ай бұрын
Hold it! $7500+$2500=$10000. So, which is it, ten big ones or a hundred big ones?
@alanstrong5511 ай бұрын
Roosevelt might have lived another 20 years if it had not been for polio and other health issues.
@jacquelinezr11 ай бұрын
Polio wasn't the problem. He had a horrible heart. Nowadays. He would have been able to live much longer because of medicine, but back then it was a death sentence. He also smoked all his life so that certainly didn't help.
@hanshawks508810 ай бұрын
And stress
@keithbrown88147 ай бұрын
He was only in his 50s ....
@travelseatsyellowlab5 ай бұрын
@@keithbrown8814Roosevelt died at 63.
@kimbradley95952 ай бұрын
His children unfortunately take after him
@audraeden892310 ай бұрын
Well done ! Immediately subscribed. Unique photos. I did screenshots so as to study, totally unique. Funny…What’s My Line ? was the Colbert or Tonight Show of the day….a must-do appearance for anybody who was anybody. Forwarding this to others using the Share Arrow above, lots of interest here. Good job!
@bjohnston36599 ай бұрын
So Franklin had a girlfriend and Eleanor had a girlfriend. At least it wasn't the same girlfriend, that would be tacky
@adrianatamura66404 ай бұрын
I already know what “FDR” stands for - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, right?
@JPJ43210 ай бұрын
If you want to know the real story of why WW2 and the Cold War started one place to start is his son Elliot Roosevelts writings. FDR brought him along to his meetings especially the ones with Churchill and Stalin. He made sure Stalin and his son were well acquainted. Both FDR and Stalin did not trust Churchill at all. FDR has said on multiple occasion that Churchill/Londons goal is to both maintain the Empire and strengthen it. FDRs stated goal was to stop the Empires of Europe and make sure the colonies have their sovereignty. When FDR died Elliot Roosevelt met with Stalin and Stalin was quoted saying "it was Churchill and his gang who killed your father". Probably the best book to read on the subject is "The Clash of the Two Americas. The Unfinished Symphony" by Matthew Ehret. I have no affiliation with them but they also have an audiobook which can make it easier since not many people like to sit down and read anymore. It has multiple references on the bottom of each page of the book.
@chetyoubetya856511 ай бұрын
The oldest daughter seemed like a vindictive nightmare towards her mother.
@LBF52211 ай бұрын
I agree. Anna betrayed her mother in the worst way but I put the blame on FDR for putting her in a no win situation. Do I disappoint my father or betray my mother. He had plenty of aids he could have gone to to set up meetings between himself and his former mistress. That is not to excuse what Anna did however. I give Eleanor high marks for eventually forgiving her daughters unforgivable betrayal.
@robynandrews438411 ай бұрын
It's not her job to be her parents mediator and she shouldn't have been put in that position. Villifying the daughter for her fathers indescretions is ridiculous.
@chetyoubetya856510 ай бұрын
@@robynandrews4384 She was an adult woman who chose the job of her fathers secretary and willingly put herself in the middle so how was it not her job when she chose the job?? She was already married with children herself she wasn’t a 10-year-old she chose to do this to her mother which makes her vindictive.
@lyndacarter458610 ай бұрын
@@chetyoubetya856510 or a 100, you don’t put your children in that position.
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
@@chetyoubetya8565Anna had been spiteful towards her mother for years after Eleanor enrolled Anna into Miss Chapin's School in New York, which Anna hadn't wanted to attend. Eleanor also made Anna formally debut into high society as a debutante, which Anna hadn't wanted to do. However, Eleanor's hands weren't entirely clean, either. For her part, she had facilitated an affair between Anna and John Boettiger, while Anna was still married to Curtis Dall.
@Susieq2675410 ай бұрын
Seeing FDR laugh and cut up with Stalin is truly sickening.
@magesalmanac642410 ай бұрын
They did what all politicians do, smile and wave.
@boota19799 ай бұрын
@swan378 They were allies at the time and they needed to keep Stalin sweet to fight the war on the Eastern front. Of course the US and UK being who they are, turned the tables on Russia and made them number one 'bad guys' and started the cold war, as an excuse for the arms race.
@kimbradley95955 ай бұрын
Garbage agree
@kimbradley95952 ай бұрын
You no nothing about politics Stalin was hung by hi boots
@CathyCorriher-jb1ot11 ай бұрын
Enjoyable history.
@marilynwarren-t3e10 ай бұрын
Why name another son fdr jr? Seems disrespectful to the first jr child
@barrybence45559 ай бұрын
I'm old and wise enough to know we should value leaders for their public achievements and not for their private lives. Yet here's how poor American education is. I worked in a social services office and not one of my young adult co-workers knew whose image was on the USA dime, let alone why FDR was associated with dimes at all! Anyway, thanks for the video, even if you made several mistakes in it.
@biancahernandez64323 ай бұрын
FDR JR had stunning eyes and smile
@marshagarwood20766 күн бұрын
Eleanor Roosevelt actually learned of Lucy Rutherford 's presence at Warm Springs He where President Roosevelt died. Anna had helped arranged for her Dad to meet with Lucy Rutherford in his later years. When Eleanor returned to the White House after accompanying the President's body back. Anna had never seen her mother that angry.
@marshagarwood20766 күн бұрын
It was President Roosevelt's cousin who gleefully told Eleanor of Lucy Rutherford's presence.
@PriscillaIOconnell11 ай бұрын
Alice was Theodore Roosevelts daughter and not fdr
@historyprofessor198511 ай бұрын
Right, Alice was two years younger than FDR lol. She was the first cousin of Eleanor.
@GailBrenner-vt9ou11 ай бұрын
I'm glad someone knows the facts. Ty ❤blessings.
@historyprofessor198511 ай бұрын
@@GailBrenner-vt9ou My pleasure and likewise!
@evelynhanneman292011 ай бұрын
FDR also had a daughter named Alice.
@evelynhanneman292011 ай бұрын
@@historyprofessor1985 Yes, but FDR first child was also named Alice.
@andrewgaylord28069 ай бұрын
Elliot wrote mystery stories with his mother as the detective.
@josephpadula228311 ай бұрын
Eleanor carried a pistol later in life . I saw her permit at the NY Hyde Park Museum. You try to get a permit in NY State today ……
@magesalmanac642410 ай бұрын
Well she obviously was in a better position to be getting a permit, given her status!
@josephpadula228310 ай бұрын
Yes civil rights are based on Your status . I have been trying to get a permit to vote but no luck yet ….
@gkennedy299810 ай бұрын
According to Ken Burns, Eleanor had a pistol because she insisted on driving the back roads of the US to report back to Franklin. Her security insisted that she carry the pistol.
@josephpadula228310 ай бұрын
My wife insists I carry a pistol for my protection but still no luck . Well with money I am saving on not getting the expensive permit I will be able to pay my Poll tax to vote ! You know restricting civil rights or you might say Infringing is not good .
@BORN-to-Run11 ай бұрын
YOU didn't mention how many children each one of them had!
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
Anna had three children. James had seven children. Elliott had five, as did Franklin Junior. John had four children.
@jinglejangle70337 ай бұрын
FDR and Eleanor certainly weren't the best parents and didn't set a good example but FDRs mother is also to blame. She meddled in her grandkids upbringing especially when it came to discipline. She would tell them "I'm your real mother, Eleanor only gave birth to you". Teenage FDR Jr wrecked his car but FDR refused to buy him a new one because Jr was speeding when he wrecked it. Sara butts in and buys him a new one. Jr and John got in trouble at school so FDR and Eleanor takes their pony away as punishment. Sara goes and gets them each a new pony. When Anna and her first husband Curtis Dall got married Sara bought over FDR and Eleanor objections a luxury apartment in Manhattan. It was Sara's way of entrapping the newlyweds so she'd still have control over them as they could not afford the upkeep of the apartment unless Sara helped them out. In James's memoirs he actually got fed up with Sara's control and put his foot down. She wanted him to attend a house party she was hosting but he and his wife had plans the same night. When ahe threatened to cut him off financially he said, "Fine then".
@travelseatsyellowlab5 ай бұрын
When Franklin first moved away for college, Sara took an apartment near him so she could run his life. In essence, Franklin never truly left the nest. By the time Eleanor came into the picture, her parents had both been long dead, so she had no one to turn to when navigating marital issues. As a result, she relied heavily on Sara, which I'm sure she found to be a costly mistake in several ways.
@anthonyburke565611 ай бұрын
Everyone chooses to “forget” that Eleanor had a long term female lover
@SafetySpooon10 ай бұрын
One could hardly blame her.
@anthonyburke565610 ай бұрын
@@SafetySpooon she got really pissed, when she discovered FDR died “on the job” at his girlfriends place. His girlfriend had been Eleanor’s private Secretary for some years, there was speculation that both Elinor and FDR were screwing her, Elinor found out, sacked her, made continuation of the marriage conditional on him not seeing the girlfriend. The girlfriend married, had kids, became a widow, then reconnected with FDR!
@magesalmanac642410 ай бұрын
They were very close sure, but I don’t know of any hard evidence they were lovers.
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
@@anthonyburke5656Missy LeHand was at Franklin's Warm Springs, Georgia residence when he died, not the other way around. Franklin was dealing with the social secretary hired by Eleanor, not Eleanor.
@SandfordSmythe3 ай бұрын
Maybe
@Rosemary-fg3sl21 күн бұрын
I am an American, I couldn’t agree more!!!!
@FabriceLEQUEUX3 ай бұрын
I AM FRENCH AND F D R IS MY AMERICAN PRESIDENT WHO I PREFER WITH ULYSSE GRANT. THANK YOU MR
@charleshall948811 ай бұрын
Where are the grandchildren?
@brianarbenz132911 ай бұрын
Anne Roosevelt now lives in Maine and supports lots of good civic efforts and higher education, and she helps small businesses use environmental friendly technologies. Quite a fine person.
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
Eleanor Seagraves, 96, the oldest grandchild, is a retired librarian, teacher, and historian living in the DMV region. Her brother Curtis died at 86, in 2016, while living in France. John Boettiger, 84 of California, is a retired professor. Sara Roosevelt Whitney Wilford, 89, a professor and administrator at Sarah Lawrence College, died in 2021. Her sister, Kate Roosevelt Whitney Haddad, 87, survives. Chandler Lindsley, 84, a veterinarian, died in 2018. Her brother Bill Roosevelt, 72, died earlier. Her brothers Elliott, 87, and David, 78, survive. Joan Roosevelt Schoonmaker, 45, died in 1997. Sara Roosevelt died in 1960. Nina Roosevelt Gibson, 81, an author and retired psychologist, lives in Vail, Arizona. Christopher du Pont Roosevelt and FDR III, 85, an economist, survive. There are others. There are just the ones I think of most immediately. All of Theodore Roosevelt's grandchildren are deceased, with the last surviving dying about 14 years ago. However, a number of TR's great-grandchildren survive and are distinguished professionally.
@sandrap418810 ай бұрын
Wow...thanks for the update. I got to see some of them at a Roosevelt family reunion at Warm Springs, GA a decade ago. The Eleanor & Frankin family resemblances were strong.
@KoolT11 ай бұрын
I love the clothes
@boxsterman7711 ай бұрын
Reagan was the best person to continue FDR's New Deal legacy?? Reagan?
@susanmcintyre53777 ай бұрын
Reagan saw the writing on the wall about what the Democrat party was becoming (tax and spend socialism) and switched. He said, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party-they left me.” So, you’re right-Reagan was about as far removed from the Marxist New Deal as FDR was from his morals.
@TheresaGraf5 ай бұрын
@@susanmcintyre5377 Reagan and Trump cut from the same cloth. My, how history loves to rhyme.
@roberttrott525910 ай бұрын
Sir Lynden Pindling was the premier of the Colony of the Bahama Islands from 1967 to 1969 and as Prime Minister of the Bahamas from 1969 to 1992. He was never the "governor" of the Bahamas. In the Westminster system as it applies to the dominions or colonies of Britain there is a Governor-General for Dominions, a Governor for colonies or a Lieutenant-Governor for subordinate colonies. Lynden Pindling as premier and later Prime Minister was the head of the government of the Bahamas was nominally the subordinate of the Governor and later Governor-General of the Bahamas, but in fact as the system works, he was the "head honcho" as all of the Prime Ministers of Dominions of the British Commonwealth are. Possibly the most famous Governor of the Bahamas was the Nazi sympathizing traitor uncle of the current King who was sent there to get him out of the way and to keep his betrayal out of public view. He was kept under close watch by several British intelligence agencies as well as the American FBI to make sure he didn't get up to any mischief. I'm not exactly sure what Elliott Roosevelt's beef with Pindling was.
@katherineknapp43702 ай бұрын
R.I.P. RDJ JR. 1 🙏🙌
@terri685411 ай бұрын
Jesus! FDR used to young!
@hollymitchell21679 ай бұрын
So, Elliott is Hunter.
@aundrapalmer51710 ай бұрын
And black people still had it hard!!😳
@mckavitt139 ай бұрын
His children? What about Eleanor's much more diffict part in that?
@michaelverbakel76329 ай бұрын
I think that her life would have been quite different for Eleanor Roosevelt had her father lived longer. He was Elliot Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt's only brother who died from severe alcoholism when he was in his mid 30's. Had he lived Elliott Roosevelt would have been FDR'S father-in-law.
@randywatts696911 ай бұрын
They all died.
@tmills172210 ай бұрын
Thanks for the spoiler aler😮
@France210711 ай бұрын
One of those sons sounds a lot like Hunter Biden! lol
@terri685411 ай бұрын
Lucky he didn't behave like the Trumps. In those days, colluding with enemy nations would lead to a certain espionage charge and jail. Possibly even execution.
@LynnDeatherage-q3k11 ай бұрын
This is my dad Robert Deatherage is FDR was my father Robert who is the 4th generation cousins in the same family members of the Deatherage family tree ancestors are not lowlifers.
@colleenobrien821211 ай бұрын
Your comment is difficult to follow. Maybe you could rewrite it?
@LynnDeatherage-q3k11 ай бұрын
@@colleenobrien8212 FDR is my father Robert Deatherage 4th cousins other cousins are presidents also 14 total are mine cousins Obama Both Bushes Clinton and Reagan and follder fathers are on the FDR side of the family acestors tree's to the Deatherage family acestors side trees. Princess Diana is on the Deatherage family acestors Spencer end of it when the I 35W bridge collapse in August 1,2007. You saw a police officer Thurston carry me to the medic rigs. And Prince Harry saw it on the news and was mad media was filming me.
@colleenobrien821211 ай бұрын
@@LynnDeatherage-q3k I didn’t see it but thanks for the clarification.
@rwarren5811 ай бұрын
@@colleenobrien8212No. it’s not you. It’s an almost complete lack of punctuation that makes his previous and later comments unreadable. This unfortunately makes me doubt the veracity of his statement.
@ZacharyKyle6 ай бұрын
pretty obvious he didn't have any daughters
@alexandradane367211 ай бұрын
The narration is far too fast and frantic. Was there a train which had to be caught ?
@abcxyz-io7wt9 ай бұрын
Lol
@mattlivingthedream9 ай бұрын
Elliott the hunter of his time...
@barneybrown20929 ай бұрын
FDR has no living grandchildren?
@Camerons-m7y4 ай бұрын
I think he does
@RealBigBadJohn9 ай бұрын
"Repised" is pronounced "re-preezed." ⬅⬅⬅
@lynnschaeferle-zh4go5 ай бұрын
My grandparents and their whole family despised both. I was told they were classic rich NY that are community narcissists. And they were Dutch too, so embarrassing.
@bornwin-sx9oz11 ай бұрын
Hunter Biden not so bad after all! Lol
@PoppinStart11 ай бұрын
Lol
@run4funs2411 ай бұрын
That you know of
@ernestchacon492811 ай бұрын
You know Hunter Biden's good looking, come on man.., 😘 !!!
@cathylanders637711 ай бұрын
😊
@griffinclary6111 ай бұрын
Nope hunter is still the worse he gave tip secret to China, and don't pull that bullshit trump cause he did not
@mp5399 ай бұрын
Eleanor was FDR’s cousin, arranged marriage. There never was a marriage based on love. It was merely the appropriate marriage just like Charles and Diana.
@SandfordSmythe3 ай бұрын
Very distant cousin. The biographies I read described them as being very much in love
@SayanHaqueOfficial3 ай бұрын
Wiw
@harper75095 ай бұрын
They are going to give back what they stole
@vivalaleta11 ай бұрын
James was a sociopath.
@travelseatsyellowlab10 ай бұрын
How, so?
@dianejohnson1248 ай бұрын
@grunge what do you mean Eleanor got herself pregnant again with another boy? I am sure she didn’t do it alone.
@anamariecameron787425 күн бұрын
😮😮😮😮😮
@eddiemunster86349 ай бұрын
The tremendous courage it must have taken for FDR to sleep with Eleanor
@SandfordSmythe3 ай бұрын
I suspect photographs didn't do her justice.
@lauramcgowan374010 ай бұрын
FDR was a long time womanizer
@marilynwhite876311 ай бұрын
A one sided video.
@exaudi3311 ай бұрын
To say the least.
@terri685411 ай бұрын
Flip your screen to see the other side.
@magesalmanac642410 ай бұрын
😂🤣
@melissaharrison754211 ай бұрын
WHY WONT THE GOP TELEVISE HUNTER BIDEN'S INTERVIEWS??
@sherrillsturm724011 ай бұрын
The question answers itself. If they could do it in a back room, soundproofed and windowless, that would be even better.
@Commenting-answering11 ай бұрын
I agree. They want to be able to make it all up.
@jerseyjuliesaxgal129911 ай бұрын
They have only smoke and no fire.
@ellamaeloftus349311 ай бұрын
The GOP???
@terri685411 ай бұрын
Dirty deeds prefer darkness.
@joannapolowy464711 ай бұрын
Wow. you totally missed Alice.
@MaeReevesky11 ай бұрын
Alice was Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter from his first marriage.
@joannapolowy464711 ай бұрын
@@MaeReevesky i know
@lib984911 ай бұрын
Umm… wrong papa President Roosevelt.
@lib984911 ай бұрын
If you are going to criticize an informational video, at least check your facts first
@bobbersg805810 ай бұрын
Alice was Theodore Roosevelt's daughter.
@davidcomtedeherstal11 ай бұрын
i n 1993 the Governor of the Bahamas was Edward. Prince of England, former king Edward VII.
@MaeReevesky11 ай бұрын
Edward, Duke of Windsor, was governor of Bahamas in 1940. This was after his abdication and marriage to Wallace Simpson.
@nancycolbert270311 ай бұрын
King Edward VII died in 1909. He never was Governor of the Bahamas. His grandson King Edward VIII was Governor of the Bahamas after he abdicated the throne in 1938 when he became Duke of Windsor.
@anthonygardiner47876 ай бұрын
Also Lynden Pindling was the Prime of the Bahamas, not the Governor.
@davidcomtedeherstal6 ай бұрын
@@nancycolbert2703 Sorry, typo.
@warrenpost15029 ай бұрын
If Stalin had met Eleanor he would have behaved himself
@Rosemary-fg3sl21 күн бұрын
Eleanor did not have a girlfriend… can’t women work closely together? It’s a sisterhood