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DISSING COUSINS: OBAMA, CHENEY, BUSH RELATED
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 [...]
Bush, Kerry & Hefner: Odd Cousins
President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry are related. Well, sort of. They’re ninth cousins, twice removed. So what’s a little competition between family?
The two presidential contenders also share a widely known common relative, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who is the ninth cousin of both men (the number nine is a coincidence). Twice removed [...]
