Obama's related to Palin

[Crabtownboy]

Watch out how you talk about people, they may be your long lost cousin.

NEW YORK – President Barack Obama has family ties to none other than Sarah Palin, according to the genealogists at Ancestry.com, a discovery the family history site made when looking for connections between political foes.

And that's not all — Obama also is apparently related to conservative radio host and relentless critic Rush Limbaugh.

A genealogist at the Utah-based Ancestry.com, Anastasia Tyler, said Obama and Palin are 10th cousins through a common ancestor named John Smith, a pastor and early settler in 17th-century Massachusetts. Obama is related to Smith through his mother, as is Palin, Tyler said.

"Smith was against the persecution of the Quakers," Tyler said in an interview. "He was a very socially conscious man."

As for Limbaugh, he's also a 10th cousin of the president — one time removed — through a common ancestor named Richmond Terrell, who Tyler said was a large landowner in Virginia, also in the 17th century. "His history is a little more nebulous," Tyler said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101013/ap_on_re_us/us_obama_and_palin

 

[targus]

Somebody beat you to it.

There is already a discussion about this in the politics section.

http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=68211

 

[Salty]

Watch out how you talk about people, they may be your long lost cousin.

Crabby, does that mean you and me are related? :wavey:

 

[Alcott]

If the average of 2 children per couple, who survived and produced 2 more children, were consistent, then each person should have 1024* 10th cousins. And, of course, generations ago much larger families were the norm. The odds are not very steep that if we knew all our cousins back to the 10th there should be quite a number that are much our opposites in regard to many facets of living. So this ain't saying a whole lot IMO.

*and you can add all the others up to that and you get 2046.

 

[tinytim]

Wow, that explains why she is so ditzy!!!

 

[Salty]

Wow, that explains why she is so ditzy!!!

I didnt know that Palin had roots going back to WV?