jamiroguy1 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Genealogists call Bush and Kerry kinBig Isle researchers claim the president and his top opponent are distant cousinsDemocratic presidential candidates are constantly being compared with the current commander in chief. Now, two Hawaii genealogy buffs say they have proof President Bush and the current Democratic front-runner share similarities thicker than water.Bruce and Kristine Harrison, publishers of historical databases, traced back the family histories of Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry.The result? They're cousins.Well, 16th cousins, three times removed, to be exact. But cousins, nonetheless.Truth be told, one might find such distant family ties between Bush and any of the four other major Democratic candidates.The link between the president and the Rev. Al Sharpton might date back a bit further, Bruce Harrison said, but tracing ancestries helps illuminate a greater message on human interconnectedness, if not one on the centrification of the nation's politics.Full Articlehttp://starbulletin.com/2004/02/16/news/story3.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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