This has got to be good for some vote somewhere: Fred Thompson and Elvis Presley were eighth cousins once removed, according to a Washington, D.C., genealogist. Presley and Fletcher Thompson, the late father of the GOP presidential hopeful and former Tennessee senator, had in common great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandparents. The same researcher also has said that Barack Obama is descended on his Kansas-born mom’s side from a Kentucky slave owner; that John Edwards is distantly related to George W. Bush, Harry Truman and Britney Spears; and that both Jimmy Carter and Howard Dean are distant cousins of the King. Thank you very much.
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wowand i thought everybody in the south was related anyway.
actually every person is related since adam and eve is our original daddy and mommy.right?
Isn’t Fred the canidate who travels with his daughter.
She is very young and cute.
Shouldn’t she be at home going to high school?
Bush and spears? God, could the world be so right?
There is no doubt that, if we looked hard enough, surely we can find the relationship between Adolph Hitler, Joe Stalin and GW Bush. It has to be there somewhere because they all think alike!
Researchers also found that Algore is a cousin of Dennis Rader.
“actually every person is related since adam and eve is our original daddy and mommy.right?”
You mean primordial ooze. That is our mommy and daddy. But I guess if you want to call it Adam and Eve, that is fine with me.
rfl: You can believe in the primordial ooze if you want. There are, in fact, some pretty slimy characters around to bolster that theory.
Personally, I know we are much better. We are are God-breathed beings with souls, designed to have a relationship with their Creator.
Yes, even Britney.
“Yes, even Britney.”
Boy, talk about faith.
outlander,
The sarcasm I was feeling was missing in that last post.I don’t really believe that primordial ooze spawned all life; just stating conventional wisdom.I believe that you are correct.
Didn’t Hillary’s grandmother marry her first cousin?
So, this is news?
I love how the Eagle has a clear Focus on the Issues.
Let’s not talk about voting records or anything like that.
http://ontheissues.org/default.htm
I guess this isnt any more stupid than voting choices made on the gop talking points, or terry fox’s rantings.
God, guns and gays is all the wingnut voters guide needs to say. All else matters not.
Why not just throw some darts?
No Y, that was rudy who married his cousin. But thanks for playing. Now back to romper room…
If he’s from Tennesee, you can bet he’s had a few cousins!
I have been doing that genealogy thing too.I found out that this white English is eleven cousin four times removed to Pancho villa and ninth cousin once removed to Laura Welch Bush, the First Lady.The funny thing is I am also related to 39th President Jimmy Earl Carter, ninth cousin once removed.
My uncle was a Mormon, so we have the genealogy for my dad’s family almost back to before the Dark Ages. Some of that’s not so good, a well-known gun-slinger, and a great great uncle who was hanged from the yardarm of his own ship. On mom’s side, a famous Confederate general (yes, THAT general).
I know my genealogy way back to Sweden, where, because of something heroic a distant relative did, I would be considered royalty. Feel free to bow in my presence.
Only Clinton is Purple enough for Royalty. She should be queen!