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Paris10
Commander
Joined: 26 Aug 2001
Posts: 458
Location: estados unidos
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 Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:39 pm Obama and Cheney are "8th Cousins" |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21340764/
I thought that this was interesting...
| Quote: | Lynne Cheney: VP, Obama are eighth cousins
Obama camp responds to revelation: �Every family has a black sheep�
Updated: 6:27 a.m. CT Oct 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - Though they may spar across the political aisle, Vice President Dick Cheney is close enough to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to call him �cousin.�
Eighth cousin, that is.
Lynne Cheney, the vice president�s wife, revealed this tantalizing bit of political trivia during a television interview Tuesday. |
Too bad it doesn't elaborate more.
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Arellia
The Quiet One
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Posts: 4425
Location: Dallas, TX
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| Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:06 pm |
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Reminds me of the thing where Kerry and Bush are supposedly related... it's kind of a... *shrug* thing. There's some research that suggests most people are 10th cousins to each other, though I'm not sure how true that is.
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
Posts: 14823
Location: Classified
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| Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:13 pm |
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I was told this by someone yesterday and I wasn't sure whether to believe it or not, but now I do. This is crazy, lol.
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robbiewebster
Rear Admiral
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
Posts: 2594
Location: Rochester, New York
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| Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:53 pm |
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But 'eighth cousins' isn't really close at all, 4th cousins can legally marry.
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LightningBoy
Commodore
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
Posts: 1446
Location: Minnesota, U.S.A.
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| Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:47 pm |
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Yeah, I can see the resemblence... 
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Tyvek
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Joined: 11 Jul 2001
Posts: 2821
Location: Mississippi, USA
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| Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:35 am |
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that is really frightening... I know I would not want to go hunting with either.
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