Cheney, Obama 'distant cousins'

They may be polar opposites politically but US Vice-President Dick Cheney and Democratic candidate Barack Obama are related, Mr Cheney's wife says.
Lynne Cheney said she had discovered while doing family research for a new book that her husband and the Illinois senator were eighth cousins.

She said she traced a common ancestor of the two men to be a 17th century immigrant from France.

She described the connection as "amazing".

"This is such an amazing American story that one ancestor... could be responsible down the family line for lives that have taken such different and varied paths."

According to Mrs Cheney's spokeswoman, Mr Obama is distantly related to Mareen Duvall, whose son Samuel married the granddaughter of Mr Cheney's ancestor, also called Richard Cheney.

Mr Obama's spokesman, Bill Burton, responded to the news by saying: "Every family has a black sheep."
BBC NEWS | Americas | Cheney, Obama 'distant cousins'

LOL.....I don't know about this one.....

Have a good one!:s4:

Hey maybe they can run on a ticket togather, that'd really screw people up having a dem and republican running togather. I can just see the hamster brains now turning oah no!

They don't seem too different to me.

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Originally Posted by angry nomad

They don't seem too different to me.

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I think you need new glasses.

Yeah I always knew they looked alike. ;)

Isn't everyone related to one another?
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I got such a chuckle out of this when I read it on CNN.com. I hope nobody gets shot in the face over this one.