I have been amused by recent stories of the U.S. presidential candidates geneological ties: Obama is 10th cousins 1 removed to President Bush and is related to at least 6 US presidents. Mc Cain is a 6th cousin of first lady Laura Bush. Clinton is related to mostly entertainers. I thought it was about time for me to reveal my family connections:
Rutherford B. Hayes - 7th cousin, 3X removed
Herbert Hoover - 9th cousin, 1X removed
Grover Cleveland - 8th cousin, 2X removed
Franklin D. Roosevelt - 7th cousin, 2X removed
Richard Nixon - 10 cousin, yes it's true
General Willam Tecumseh Sherman - 4th cousin, 5X removed
And if that doesn't qualify me to be a blogger, I don't know what does. Hey, it gave me a topic to blog about for a day!
Rutherford B. Hayes - 7th cousin, 3X removed
Herbert Hoover - 9th cousin, 1X removed
Grover Cleveland - 8th cousin, 2X removed
Franklin D. Roosevelt - 7th cousin, 2X removed
Richard Nixon - 10 cousin, yes it's true
General Willam Tecumseh Sherman - 4th cousin, 5X removed
And if that doesn't qualify me to be a blogger, I don't know what does. Hey, it gave me a topic to blog about for a day!
Note: This only adds to the feeling that something really, really great and good is going to happen someday to me.
5 comments:
I just feel so honored to be your mother! Ha!
Elizabeth- That's right! I should have called it "Who's your Mommy?" seeing as all these esteemed connections come through my mother's side of the family tree!!!!
...so how did you find this out?
I don't what all this removed things are :) good excuse to go googling again.
Uncle Alan,
Opa Bailey had a geneologist do the work many years ago. I was able to find a Conger family tree online awhile ago that I could send you that is quite interesting, but I don't know if any presidents could fir in.
Pearlie - Hope your google was a success - but if not, it means how many generations apart you are.
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