Yeah I always knew they looked alike.
rebgirl420 Reviewed by rebgirl420 on . 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 Rating: 5