# I'm confused is this author a Roosevelt descendant or not?

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**Created:** [November 19, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-this-author-a-roosevelt-descendant-or-not/772477 "2016-11-19T21:34:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-this-author-a-roosevelt-descendant-or-not/772477/1 "2016-11-19T21:34:55Z")

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Re this article

[How Teddy Roosevelt Diffused a Scandal by Destroying His Brother’s Marriage](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/19/how-teddy-roosevelt-diffused-a-scandal-by-destroying-his-brother-s-marriage.html)

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> Theodore Roosevelt styled himself an incorruptible politician untainted by scandal. But in his path to the White House lay a troubling obstacle: his scapegrace brother, Elliott.

The noted autho[r William J. Mann](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Mann)has the same last name as the mother of the illegimate Roosevelt son’s mother, but no where (that I can see in the article or the wiki) does he claim to be a Roosevelt descendant. Is he or isn’t he?

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**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-this-author-a-roosevelt-descendant-or-not/772477/2 "2016-11-19T22:07:54Z")

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Elliott sounds like the Archetypal Presidental Brother.

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**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-this-author-a-roosevelt-descendant-or-not/772477/3 "2016-11-20T00:34:25Z")

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It seems unlikely. Elliot Roosevelt Mann is recorded as having two daughters, who apparently died in obscurity, and who were unlikely to pass on the family name.