Barack Obama related to Brad Pitt, 6 U.S. Presidents, Cheney

Brangelina, meet your new cousins, Clobama. Proving again that politics makes strange bedfellows, genealogists announced Tuesday that Barack Obama is a distant cousin of actor Brad Pitt, while Hillary Clinton is related to Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie. Maybe they can all adopt a village in Cambodia.

"When you get back into your ancestry, you eventually find that you're related to lots of people," said genealogist Christopher Child, who guided the presidential research for the New England Historic Genealogical Society. "Presidential candidates are no exception." The family trees of this year's White House contenders only get weirder from there, according to the study, which was based entirely on vital records kept by cities, counties and towns.

Clinton, who is of French-Canadian descent on her mother's side, is also a distant cousin of singers Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette, Child found. Obama, the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya, can call six U.S. Presidents, including George W. Bush, his cousins. Meanwhile, McCain is a sixth cousin of First Lady Laura Bush.

Child said that while the candidates often focus on pointing out differences between them, their ancestry shows they are more alike than they think. "It shows that lots of different people can be related; people you wouldn't necessarily expect," he said.

Obama has the most prolific presidential lineage, featuring Democrats and Republicans. His distant cousins include President George W. Bush and his father, George H.W. Bush, as well as Gerald Ford, Harry S Truman and James Madison.
Obama often jokes on the campaign trail about earlier genealogical surveys that have tied him to Vice President Dick Cheney, saying he wishes he could be related to someone "cooler."

It's all good, Barack - your family tree includes civil rights-era President Lyndon Johnson, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Clinton has a touch of British blood in her veins as well - she's a distant cousin of Camilla Parker Bowles, wife of Prince Charles of England, and beatnik author Jack Kerouac. Pitt and Obama are ninth cousins, linked by Edwin Hickman, who died in Virginia in 1769. Clinton and Jolie are ninth cousins, twice removed, both related to Jean Cusson who died in St.Sulpice, Quebec, in 1718
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/03/25/2008-03-25_genealogists_c...

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[krayziejerry]

I think Brad Pitt Broke up with Jennifer Aniston because he had to marry a distant relative in the illuminati bloodline...which is Angelina Jolie. Thumbs up if you agree!

[mapex75]

how the fuck is this even possible?? id say its going back to the days of slavery and even before.... no wonder the gov is all fuckied up!! they are all related and most likely inbred.... yikes!

[curlyfry44]

I thought it was researched that Brad and Angie was also 5th or 6th cousins !?

Wow....boy I bet the Bush family smiled with glee that they are related to Obama...lol..he would bring some much needed swagger and coolness to their family tree.

[ctbytrinity]

Both r really hot!

[DaTroof93]

@XeenWoozy Did I say that?

[XeenWoozy]

@DaTroof93 MSNBC is a fake news channel?

[mapex75]

@tyrantrvaed whats "pathetic" ?? are you saying I am pathetic?? if so then FUCK YOU ASSHOLE COCKSUCKER!! I said nothing about Satanism and but I am 100% sure I know a hell of a lot more about most things than you do....... YOU are pathetic, not I...

[8TheB3AT8]

spooky. 6 presidents

[DaTroof93]

this isnt  true