The 2nd pedigree lists Frederick Christ Trump L5XX-XDH as the 14th Cousin 1 time removed of Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau LB5J-TTJ.

The attached 1st pedigree lists a Scot, Malcolm MacLeod [GMB3-28F] as the 13^th great grandson of a Scot William Sinclair [LCCN-H49].  Earl Sinclair was Lord High Chancellor of Scotland between 1454 and 1458 AD. The Lord High Chancellor  was a peer and the principal Great Officer of State, the presiding officer of the Parliament of Scotland, the Keeper of the Great Seal, presiding officer of the Privy Council, and a judge of the College of Justice.  Sinclair’s other titles were 3rd Earl of Orkney (last), 1st Earl of Caithness, 2nd Lord Sinclair, 11th Baron of Roslin.

This week the King and Queen of the Netherlands are visiting their American Cousins in Florida. 

This column is a series about the hobby of family history using  familysearch.org and relativefinder.org. Most anyone can conveniently pinpoint known relationships with prominent  founding fathers, celebrities, and religious leaders. English and Scottish descendants may connect with some 700 people in the data base, if their pedigrees are in Family Search. As of 2024, Family search has 1.67 billion searchable people, with 530 million sources to increase accuracy.  Because Donald John Trump Sr’s ancestors  have many descendants, he has cousins by the dozens. The family trees come from familysearch.org.  Let’s review the Nederland Royal lines.

            Since the records go back many centuries, many of the names have had whole books of biographies recording their stories. Many English biographies  are featured in the Dictionary of National Biography. The seven character code in brackets [ ]  after a person’s name is the code to find them in FamilySearch.org.  The country is Nederland and the people are Dutch.

            Kingdom of the Netherlands, at 16,041 square miles is the size of Massachusetts and Connecticut, or Denmark, and faces the North sea on the west. Denmark Is a peninsula and islands in the Baltic Sea on the east, and the North Sea to the west. Netherlands borders Germany on the South and west, and Belgium to the south. The Dutch Republic was declared in the 16^th century and then passed through various kings and empires until a kingdom of the Netherlands was recognized after the Napoleon wars in the beginning of the 19th century. Wars continued for centuries.  In the meantime, Dutch trade and discovery reached into the East Indies, and established the United East India Company, which survived in various forms until the Japanese conquests of World War Two. The WW2  loss of the rubber plantations to Japan resulted in the United States rationing gasoline during World War Two to conserve rubber for tires. Dutch East Indies became Indonesia. The Netherlands was a founder and  joined NATO in 1949.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands dates from 16 March 1815, when rule was awarded to the son of William V, the last stadholder of the Dutch Republic. The son, William Frederick, Prince of Orange and Nassau, adopted the style of William 1, king of the Netherlands, which was a member state of the German Confederation, which confederation ended in 1867.  Because of the Nazi invasion, the Dutch government relocated to London in exile. The 1941 Atlantic Charter was joined by Netherlands, in a speech by Queen Wilhelmina, in behalf of the government in exile.

As of 2013, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his wife Queen Maxima of the Netherlands are the monarchs. The children are The Princess of Orange Catharina-Amalia, Princess Alexia, Princess Ariane. Other relations are Prince Constantijn, Princess Laurentien, Princess Margriet.

King Wilhem-Alexander’s Parents are Princess Beatrix and Prince Clause.

Queen Maxima’s Parents are Jorge Zorreguieta LB6S-ZT3  and Maria del Carmen Cerruti Carricart P3S2-RGT.

Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau LB5J-TTJ 1817-1890. William III, King of the Netherlands 1849. His wife was Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont GGK6-97L. Their daughter was

Wilhelmina 1880-1962, LVJB-LKC Queen of the Netherlands from 1890-1948. Her husband was Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1876 to 1934, G92H-1FS Prince of the Netherlands. Their daughter was

Juliana 1909-2004 LR7D-HLT Queen of the Netherlands 1948 to 1980. Her husband was Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince of the Netherlands 1911-2004 LY98-LZ9. Their daughter is

Beatrix, 1938, Queen of the Netherlands 1980-2013. Her husband was Claus van Amsberg, 1926-2002 GS6R-97X. Prince of the Netherlands. Their son is

William-Alexander of the Netherlands 1967. Prince of Orange & King of the Netherlands from 2013. His wife is Queen Maxima of the Netherlands. Their daughter is

Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands, 2003-Princess of Orange & heiress apparent, 2013. Her siblings are

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, 2005, and Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, 2007.

Coming full circle, Donald John Trump Senior’s  grand father Malcolm MacLeod [GMB3-28F] is a 14^th cousin  of Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk van Oranje-Nassau – William III,  LB5J-TTJ.  Malcolm’s daughter Mary Anne Trump nee MacLeod  is 15th cousin of Queen Wilhelmina LVJB-LKC.  Malcolm’s grandson Donald Trump Senior is 16^th cousin toHer Majesty Queen  Juliana LR7D-HLT. Malcolm’s great grand daughter  Tiffany Trump is 17^th cousin to Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands. Kai Madison Trump is 18^th cousin to  William Alexander, King of the Netherlands.

            See https://www.royal-house.nl/members-royal-house.