bigway 4 #1 March 26, 2008 QuoteThis is one crazy family tree! The New England Historic Genealogical Society, the oldest and largest nonprofit genealogical organization in the country, has found a way to get Barack and Hillary together -- through lineage! They claim Barack Obama and Brad Pitt are ninth cousins, and Hillary Clinton is related to Pitt's baby mama, Angelina Jolie -- they're also ninth cousins. That family reunion would have drama for days! The report also says that Obama is a very distant relative of President Bush. According to the Geological Society , they are 10th cousins, once removed ... whatever that means. Barack is also linked to five other Presidents -- including Harry S. Truman and Gerald Ford. Hillary is a distant cousin of singers Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette, because of French-Canadian descent on her mother's side. If she doesn't win the nomination, maybe they can form a band That's all. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #2 March 26, 2008 when you go back to 9th or 10th cousins, you get a pretty big tree. That's like two to two and a half centuries ago. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CSpenceFLY 1 #3 March 26, 2008 I think I am related to the pope. he should be so proud of me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #4 March 26, 2008 Would that be Alexander Pope? (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #5 March 26, 2008 Quote they are 10th cousins, once removed ... whatever that means. . That means they have a common ancestor 11 generations ago for one and 12 generations ago for the other. First cousins have a common grandparent (2 generations prior) 2nd cousins have a common great grandparent (3 generations prior) A "remove" means that the related cousins are not themselves in the same generation. So in the case of first cousins once removed, the common ancestor is the grandparent of one who is also the great-grandparent of the other. Or to put it another way, your first cousin's child is your first cousin once removed, and your first cousin's grandchild is your first cousin twice removed.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
happythoughts 0 #6 March 26, 2008 Quote when you go back to 9th or 10th cousins, you get a pretty big tree. That's like two to two and a half centuries ago. Every generation that you go back, you double the number of relations. 2-parents, 4-grandparents... So, if you use 20 years as a standard generation (probably a large number, but easy for math), 10 generations is 200 years. Two to the tenth is 1024. So, going back only 10 generations, 200 years ago, you had over 1,000 ancestors. Most of us are related to one king and 25 horse-thieves. The horse thieves have just as much bearing on our current nobility as the king, but people never bring them up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #7 March 26, 2008 Quote Quote they are 10th cousins, once removed ... whatever that means. . That means they have a common ancestor 11 generations ago for one and 12 generations ago for the other. First cousins have a common grandparent (2 generations prior) 2nd cousins have a common great grandparent (3 generations prior) A "remove" means that the related cousins are not themselves in the same generation. So in the case of first cousins once removed, the common ancestor is the grandparent of one who is also the great-grandparent of the other. Or to put it another way, your first cousin's child is your first cousin once removed, and your first cousin's grandchild is your first cousin twice removed. Whew, I need a beer after that one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #8 March 26, 2008 Quote Quote Quote they are 10th cousins, once removed ... whatever that means. . That means they have a common ancestor 11 generations ago for one and 12 generations ago for the other. First cousins have a common grandparent (2 generations prior) 2nd cousins have a common great grandparent (3 generations prior) A "remove" means that the related cousins are not themselves in the same generation. So in the case of first cousins once removed, the common ancestor is the grandparent of one who is also the great-grandparent of the other. Or to put it another way, your first cousin's child is your first cousin once removed, and your first cousin's grandchild is your first cousin twice removed. Whew, I need a beer after that one. I know, me too! I had it all wrong! My head hurts... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #9 March 26, 2008 Quote Quote when you go back to 9th or 10th cousins, you get a pretty big tree. That's like two to two and a half centuries ago. Every generation that you go back, you double the number of relations. 2-parents, 4-grandparents... So, if you use 20 years as a standard generation (probably a large number, but easy for math), 10 generations is 200 years. Two to the tenth is 1024. So, going back only 10 generations, 200 years ago, you had over 1,000 ancestors. Most of us are related to one king and 25 horse-thieves. The horse thieves have just as much bearing on our current nobility as the king, but people never bring them up. My brother, who is in to this geneology stuff, found that one of our 17th Century ancestors died of drunkenness. We are quite proud of it.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
