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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Obama a distant cousin of Bush

"It has emerged that Barack Obama is a tenth cousin, once removed, of the man whose job he wants - George W Bush.
They are linked by Samuel Hinkley of Cape Cod, who died in 1662."

That's not all...

"Mr Obama is also a distant cousin of the actor Brad Pitt while Hillary Clinton is related to Mr Pitt's girlfriend, Angelina Jolie."

WTF They are all freaking in-breds these people! What an amazing simian-hilarity.
People with long ancestral lines in England are all no more than a 25th cousin to each other. A lot of them are 10th cousins, or closer. It's not "inbreeding", as in close family members currently breeding among themselves.

I am a 9th cousin 3X removed to G.W. Bush, through Mayflower Passenger John Howland, and one of his daughters.

I am also a 10th cousin to Barrack Obama through Susannah Hinckley and Rev. John Smith. Bush is my 11th cousin through Samual Hinckley and Sara Soole, Susannah's parents. This is the relationship that the study is about. I believe that the Hinckley's had something like 13 children.

These relationships were in the 17th century. It's not "inbreeding". If your family has been in the British Isles for many centuries, you have similar cousinships - possibly with royalty or famous people. Similar relationships exist in all other European countries. In most less-developed countries, they are still marrying their 1st and 2nd cousins.
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