famous political relatives

[funscout 11]

I decided to start a topic that shouldn't be controversial, but rather kind of fun. I've been researching my family's ancestry for a couple years and have discovered that I share a common ancestor with both current President George Bush and former President Bill Clinton. Both of my parents, like me, are conservative Republicans, and my Dad, who shares an ancestor with Bush, has had a great time razzing my Mom because she shares an ancestor with Clinton. There are other presidents in our extended family tree, but I thought this was the funniest situation.

 

So, do any of you know of famous politicians who share a common ancestor with you?

[theysawyoucomin' 10]

Nope I'm the product of a bunch of nobodys.

 

I'm a nobody too!

[Gold Winger 9]

I might be related to HWUTBANR, I come from a family of nobodies as well.

[Lisabob 13]

Can we broaden it a little, funscout? I don't know that I'm related to any famous politicians but I am distantly related to the Younger brothers, who rode with Jesse James. And hey, it is only one step from outlaw gunslinger to political candidate, right?

[OldGreyEagle 5]

My father says you can steal more with a briefcase than you can with a gun. Outlaw? politician? what did the Bard say? That by any other name would still smell as sweet?

 

Anyway, Jeb Stuart of the Confederacy is in my past as is John Wesley Powell,

[funscout 11]

That's good, LisaBob! I'm sure I have plenty of scoundrels in my family tree, but I guess they weren't famous.

[scoutldr 732]

Dwight D. Eisenhower...3rd cousin, 4 times removed.

[scoutingagain 20]

I'm related to a former town councilman of a small town in upstate NY and some kind of village elder from a village in Slovakia.

 

SA

[packsaddle 753]

Theoretically, following the ideas regarding mitochondrial DNA, we''re all related ultimately to a single female primate about 4.4 million years ago. Her name was Eve but at the time she was unable to say that name and she looked a little like this:

http://escaut.portail-svt.com/images/toumai.jpg

Adam was a brute, like most men, but again like most men, he didn''t count for much.

 

If you view Giuliani''s face at certain angles......

 

Edited part: Heh, heh, here''s a better photo:

http://kikoshouse.blogspot.com/2006/04/science-saturday-ii-another-missing.html

 

"Come Hither" (This message has been edited by packsaddle)

[Trevorum 24]

Pack, I believe you are confusing mitochondrial "Eve", who lived about 140,000 BP, with the paleontological "Lucy", who is dated to ca 4.4M BP

 

Interestingly, Y-chromosomal "Adam" was not a contemprary of Eve, living about 70,000 BP. The variance is due to different male and female reproductive strategies.

 

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[packsaddle 753]

Yep, on review I see that you're correct. Thanks. "I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends"

[Trevorum 24]

de nada. I just finished reading Sykes' "The Seven Daughters of Eve" and am seriously considering popping for a mtDNA test. Not really useful, of course, but it would be fun to know.

 

[dsteele 20]

I'm remotely related to Aaron Burr. Every once in a while I get a strange urge to make a pinhole in twenty dollar bills. . .

 

UG