Barack Obama and Brad Pitt Are Cousins? YUP!
Sing it Sister Sledge! "We are family...I got all my sisters with me", and cousins 9 times removed! Now I never understood all the seven cousins once and twice removed business in geneology....
But, below are some really unique (to say the least) celebrity and political family ties from Ancestry.com. Enjoy!
George Bush and Dick Cheney
They're ninthcousins, one time removed. Common ancestors are William and Lydia Fletcher, both born around 1622.(figures! evil breeds evil.)
George Bush and Hugh Hefner
They're 11th cousins, twice removed. Bush's 10th great-grandfather and Hefner's eighth great-grandfather was Thomas Richards, who died around 1650. (Once a playboy, always a playboy, although Hef is WAY cooler than Bush could ever hope to be)
Britney Spears and John Edwards
Seventh cousins three times removed. Their common ancestor was John Stovall, born in Virginia around 1705. (Why can I believe this one?)
Barack Obama and Brad Pitt
Ninth cousins. They share the same ancestor, Edwin Hickman, who was born in 1690. Edwin's son Edwin Jr. is Brad Pitt's seventh great-grandfather (that's great great great great great great great grandfather.) Edwin's other son, James, is Obama's seventh great-grandfather, on his mother's side. (Oh won't Angelina and Brad being tickled about this one! puke!)
Princess Diana and Sarah Palin
Both share the same ninth great grandfather John Strong, who was born in England 1605. (yikes, she will never hold a candle to Princess Di)
Princess Di and Andrew Firestone
10th cousin to Andrew Firestone, (from reality show The Bachelor, who cares).
Tom Hanks and Abraham Lincoln
They are related some way, but they didn't list exactly how, either way, totally believable — they're both awesome fellows!
Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles
Blood relatives--ninth cousins once removed. (This one really made me snicker! Oh Hai Queen! )
Richard Nixon and James Dean
Seventh cousins, once removed. (Say it isn't so!)
FDR and Sarah Palin
Ninth cousins, once removed. (Weird, very weird.)
Some Snippets from Forbes:
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