What happened to the decendants of our Founding Fathers, such as the Adams, Fran

Question:

What happened to the decendants of our Founding Fathers, such as the Adams, Franklin and Hamilton families?

I'm just curious to see if the decendents of the men who founded the United States are aware of their family history, if they embrace it, if it's made them rich or miserable, or whatever. Knowing so very little about my own family history, this subject fascinates me

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Hey Brian,

The descendants of our Founding Fathers numbers in the tens of thousands! After approximately 9 Generations each having 3 children, times the number of Founding Fathers - say those that signed the Declaration of independence, the numbers are staggering. I doubt that most are even aware of their ancestry.

9 Generations for 1 person: 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 is approximately 512 possibilities for people to look back at. If we cheat, and use that as the number of possibilities, times the number of kids for each generation times the number of people on the Declaration, well 56 by my count, then we have:
3 * 56 (signers) * 512 possibilities = 86 thousand individuals. This is if they only had 3 children, most had more.