Does anyone else find it weird??????????
By baileycows
@baileycows (3665)
United States
10 responses
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
20 Jan 09
that's not the part of Obama's heritage that he wants anyone to know about - he only acknowledges the other part right now because that is what gets attention.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
20 Jan 09
I agree with that! A friend of mine pointed that out as her family is bi-racial but they are not saying he's bi-racial wich upsets her alot. Being that he has two heritages to be proud of not just one.
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
20 Jan 09
I think it is pretty much a kick in the teeth for his white mother and grandmother who raised him. He would rather acknowledge his father's family - who had no part in raising him.
@lovespecialangel (3632)
• United States
18 Feb 09
I actually thought it was kind of neat to know something like that. It's amazing who is kin to whom. It also makes you wonder if they even knew about it.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
20 Jan 09
I just want to know who the heck took the time to worry about their family trees & if any of them connected. Is there a national genelogy group that runs around following the full family tree of Presidents?
I may like my genelogy but I don't think I'd spend the time trying to find connections in their lineage.
@newtondak (3946)
• United States
20 Jan 09
The Latter Day Saints maintain an extensive collection of historical records that support almost every ancestral line in the world.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
20 Jan 09
first i'd heard of that. if i was obama i wouldn't want anyone to know i was kin to bush.
@celticeagle (168171)
• Boise, Idaho
20 Jan 09
I find it all odd. The whole thing. Nothing surprises me anymore. It isn't much different from the british ericstocracy. And Egypt! Every higher power. Breed them well and let them go do it.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
20 Jan 09
Back when President Kennedy was elected every body was tracing their family because people had reported on JFK's family background and all the different people he was related to. At one point I think it seemed like everyone was claiming to be related to him. Really 10th cousins is really distant. In a country like the US where people from all over the world come and live, marry and have children, you will have an excellent chance of being related to almost everyone you meet.
If you do a reverse chart back 10 generations you will find that one person has 2048 Great(8 times) grandparents. If you assume each set of grandparents had 2 children survive and reproduce you would end up with over 2 billion people directly related to you when you come back 10 generations. So the chances are pretty good that you are related to both President Obama and President Bush.
@irisheyes (4370)
• United States
20 Jan 09
It's that six degrees of separation thing. We are all from the same family line, the human race.
@bantilesroger (341)
• Philippines
20 Jan 09
No, I don't find it weird. It's about heredity and genes and a certain predilection or inclination, and it's a good thing, as far as I am concerned. It could be Bush's lineage, it could be some other politician's.
But is not President Obama related to former Vice President Cheney through Obama's mother?
Bush and Obama 10 times removed? Maybe 10 x 10 removed considering former President Bush's mastery of the English language as compared to Obama's.
