_Isaac Daniel ROOSEVELT ___________+
                                                              | (1790 - 1863)                     
                              _James ROOSEVELT _______________|
                             | (1828 - 1900)                  |
                             |                                |_Mary Rebecca ASPINWALL ___________
                             |                                                                    
 _James Roosevelt ROOSEVELT _|
| (1854 - 1927) m 1878       |
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|                            |_Rebecca Brien HOWLAND _________|
|                              (1831 - 1876)                  |
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|--Helen Rebecca ROOSEVELT 
|  (1881 - 1962)
|                                                              _William Backhouse ASTOR Sr________+
|                                                             | (1792 - 1875) m 1818              
|                             _William Backhouse ASTOR Jr_____|
|                            | (1829 - 1892) m 1853           |
|                            |                                |_Margaret Alida Rebecca ARMSTRONG _+
|                            |                                  (1800 - 1872) m 1818              
|_Helen Schermerhorn ASTOR __|
  (1855 - 1893) m 1878       |
                             |                                 _Abraham SCHERMERHORN _____________+
                             |                                | (1783 - 1850) m 1809              
                             |_Caroline Webster SCHERMERHORN _|
                               (1830 - 1908) m 1853           |
                                                              |_Helen Van Cortlandt WHITE ________+
                                                                (1792 - 1881) m 1809