Obama and Cheney cousins

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There's no sign of a family reunion planned, but U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama are distant cousins.

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Does this make Obama one of the "Grove" clan? Seems like a fresh face in politics is just an old face with new makeup on. ....and the rich get richer.

I really do not think this is that big of a deal. I mean they are ONLY 8th cousins, isn't that really DISTANT? I mean for all you know you could be 8th cousins with Bush or something.

Eighth cousins is pretty far removed. Though could be something more to it or in the future, regaurding them.
Interesting I guess, thanks for the post.

Eighth or first -- blood is blood.

There is no way out of hell for America's future. Ron Paul is the only
hope but this thing is so rigged, people should boycott the next election
completely and storm the Racist House.

I sent this clip to everyone I know, you should too -- some people I know
like Obama, I never had a soft spot for him -- seems totally fake.

Ah yes, the unity of the family that is humanity... awesome. Best I've read... maybe even if it's inaccurate. It does say something about the potential diversity within humanity and the common condition of the body politic. Look in the mirror... you might be human too.

Cheers,

Vic

When first read this article I couldn't stop laughing.

But just think about it,
But we all human, we all related some how.

Already being discused, and posted before this one was...
www.abovepolitics.com...

Update, related to Bush too:

George W. Bush and Obama, meanwhile, are 10th cousins once removed - linked through a 17th century Massachusetts couple, Samuel Hinckley and Sarah Soole, according to the Sun-Times.

"DISSING COUSINS: OBAMA, CHENEY, BUSH RELATED"

Originally posted by anhinga

Eighth or first -- blood is blood.

OH... MY... GOD...

You're seriously going to make a big deal over the fact that Obama and Cheney share in common a great great great great great great great grandparent??? (and yes, that is the correct number of "greats"). I can't believe people are jumping on this like it was some sort of incriminating evidence.

Give me a frickin' break!!!

I've got news for you. If you go back that far, any one of you are related to someone really, really horrible, like Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, Hitler, Oswald, Nixon, or Bush.

Does that mean I should condemn you for sharing a relative 300-500 years ago? Come on people. Repeat the theme of the board with me.

Deny Ignorance.

so they have a common great great great great great great great grandparent...
what's the big deal here?

edit: damn, i just realized that thelibra beat me to it!

..um, disregard my post except for the "what's the big deal here?" part.

[edit on 2/14/08 by madnessinmysoul]

I'm cousins with the current Shrub in office (pretty distant cousins that is, on the Walker side as in G. H. Walker Bush).

I'm also related to Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis & Clark)

I think we'd all be surprised with who are families are tied to if you look hard enough
and are lucky enough to find the records.

Half of my family came over through Ellis Island and trying to find out anything BEFORE that can be quite difficult and frustrating.

I guess the point I'm trying to make is: So What?

[edit on 14-2-2008 by Comma8Comma1]