It is a striking shift to anyone who has followed politics in Washington,in recent years,the image of sitting president admitting error.The presidencies of George W Bush and Bill Clinton were marked by resistance of both men to confess mistakes. But there was the 44th president Obama on Tuesday night,pleading guilty in television interviews for misbehaving the collapsed nomination of Tom Daschle. Also it sure would be an awkward family reunion. But, believe it or not, the first African-American president is related to both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Ok.. distantly related: Obama and Bush are 11th cousins.
That’s because they share the same tenth great grandparents — Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole Hinckley of 17th century Massachusetts. That means Obama and former President George Herbert Walker Bush are 10th cousins once removed. Obama is related to Cheney through Mareen Duvall, a 17th century immigrant from France. Mareen and Susannah Duvall were Obama’s oct-great grandparents and Cheney’s hept-great grandparents.
That makes Obama and Cheney ninth cousins once removed.
Cheney and Bush are related to one another by a completely different common ancestor.
I leave it to you to figure out their relationship…
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