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Paris10
Commander
Joined: 26 Aug 2001
Posts: 458
Location: estados unidos
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 Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:39 pm Obama and Cheney are "8th Cousins" |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21340764/
I thought that this was interesting...
| Quote: | Lynne Cheney: VP, Obama are eighth cousins
Obama camp responds to revelation: ‘Every family has a black sheep’
Updated: 6:27 a.m. CT Oct 17, 2007
WASHINGTON - Though they may spar across the political aisle, Vice President Dick Cheney is close enough to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to call him “cousin.”
Eighth cousin, that is.
Lynne Cheney, the vice president’s wife, revealed this tantalizing bit of political trivia during a television interview Tuesday. |
Too bad it doesn't elaborate more.
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Arellia
The Quiet One
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Posts: 4425
Location: Dallas, TX
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| Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:06 pm |
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Reminds me of the thing where Kerry and Bush are supposedly related... it's kind of a... *shrug* thing. There's some research that suggests most people are 10th cousins to each other, though I'm not sure how true that is.
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Republican_Man
STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004
Posts: 14823
Location: Classified
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| Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:13 pm |
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I was told this by someone yesterday and I wasn't sure whether to believe it or not, but now I do. This is crazy, lol.
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"Rights are only as good as the willingness of some to exercise responsibility for those rights- Fmr. Colorado Senate Pres. John Andrews
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robbiewebster
Rear Admiral
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
Posts: 2594
Location: Rochester, New York
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| Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:53 pm |
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But 'eighth cousins' isn't really close at all, 4th cousins can legally marry.
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LightningBoy
Commodore
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
Posts: 1446
Location: Minnesota, U.S.A.
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| Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:47 pm |
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Yeah, I can see the resemblence... 
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Tyvek
Rear Admiral
Joined: 11 Jul 2001
Posts: 2821
Location: Mississippi, USA
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| Sun Nov 25, 2007 2:35 am |
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that is really frightening... I know I would not want to go hunting with either.
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