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COUSINS: OBAMA, CHENEY, BUSH RELATED

From: N.Y. Post

October 17, 2007 — Who says Barack Obama doesn’t have what it takes to be president? Turns out, he’s a distant cousin of both Dick Cheney and George Bush.

The vice president’s wife, Lynne Cheney, announced her discovery yesterday while hawking her new book, “Blue Skies, No Fences,” on MSNBC.

When asked if she would support Hillary Rodham Clinton because she is a woman, Lynne Cheney said, “I have to admit to a certain bias here . . . Dick and Barack Obama are eighth cousins.” …

The Chicago Sun-Times … however, claimed that the senator from Illinois and the vice president were 11th cousins. …

George W. Bush and Obama, meanwhile, are 10th cousins once removed….

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1 Comment

  1. David

    Ever wonder what their common ancestor looked like? Well I found em…
    http://lifedeveloped.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/obama-cheney-and-bush-related-see-how/

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