Are you a descendant of Robert the Bruce?

Yep, through his daugther Marjorie & her husband Walter Stewart. :o)

Robert The Bruce Family Tree

Robert E Lee was born in 1807. Robert The Bruce was born in 1274. This means that there are 533 years between them. Since an average generation is historically 22 years (we are having children later now), then there have been 24 generations between Robert E Lee and Robert The Bruce. Robert E Lee had two parents; his parents also had two parents each, his grandparents also had two parents each. If you go back 24 generations, in that generation there are 16,777,216 people, and even with such a small sample spread, it still covers the entire Scottish Population because today there are still only 6 million people. Even if there is one person in his family going through 24 generations, then it would be possible to show a link between Robert E. Lee and Robert The Bruce. And no, you can not be eligible to be King of Scotland because "The Last King of Scotland" was Idi Amin.

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The article says that Robert Lee, of Virginia, was seventeenth in direct descent from Robert Bruce, of Scotland. We know that Barack Obama is twenty-fifth in direct descent from Edward I of England who fought with Robert the Bruce. We also know that Prince Charles is twenty-third in direct descent from Robert the Bruce, of Scotland. We know that through a different bloodline that Barack Obama and Prince Charles are 17th cousins twice removed. ============== The reality is that 17, 23 or 25 generations is a lot of generations. If the original person had a lot of children and grandchildren then he could have millions of descendants. ============ What sounds like a lot of coincidence really is not that unlikely. There is nothing special about Robert E Lee being 17th in line from Robert the Bruce. The writer of the article is trying to make him special, but these bloodlines are not so rare.

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Are you a descendant of Robert the Bruce?

I can't find an estimate of the legitimate and illegitimate descendants of Robert I of Scotland, but there must be nearly as many of these as Edward III. I would estimate that most of middle-class Scotland descends from the Bruce as well as many Americans.

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I ve only recently been investigating my genealogy but I am part of the Shelton/Sheldon line that married into the Bruce family. Margaret Shelton was Margaret Bruce, the sister of Queen Robert "The Bruce". I have to do a bit more digging and straighten out the kinks, however the Sheldon pedigree is pretty straightforward.

I have never had any ancestor searches done, so I couldn't say for sure whether or not I am a descendant of Robert the Bruce. Both my parents' families came to the USA from what was then a rural area not far from London, but it was long ago enough that they refer to themselves as "English" and the place they were born as "England".

We must be fairly provincial in my family, because the city in Russia was always referred to as "St. Petersburg" whether or not that was the current, fashionable, official title for the city at the time or not.

You are probably related to both Robert the Bruce, and also Edward III...you always seem so dignified, nice, regal and queenly to me! Happy Valentine's Day!!!

My mother's maiden name was Butler which I found on the list provided by Paco. Her grandfather was Scottish and his family came from Scotland to Prince Edward Island, Canada. I was told that I was descended from Robert the Bruce and am trying to verify that information. This is a great source for those who are searching for their roots!

There are thousands of descendants of King Robert.

For a start he is my 20 x Great Grand Father, through his daughter Majorie.

Here in New Zealand, in my family alone there are about 100 living descendants, who branch through the Kennedy's (The Earls of Carrick).

This year is very important for those descendants, as it is the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, where Great Grandpa told the English to 'pull their head in'. Go Grandpa - Scotland needs you again!

My great, great grandfather came from Scotland and carried the middle name 'Bruce,' supposedly because we are related to Robert the Bruce. Traditionally at least one man in each generation was given 'Bruce' as a middle name. His full name was Hillary Bruce Bush and he came to Texas in 1836. One day I may get a DNA test to prove or disprove this myth, once and for all.