'Lucky' stars for US candidates.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. : The US presidential candidates may have star qualities - and they also have stars in their families, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a genealogical study linking HILLARY CLINTON to ANGELINA JOLIE and BARACK OBAMA to BRAD PITT. The New England Historic Genealogical Society The New England Historic Genealogical Society, also known as NEHGS, is the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in 1845. Today it has over 20,000 members worldwide. (NEHGS NEHGS New England Historic Genealogical Society ) in Boston yesterday released a study in which it traced the family trees This is an index of family trees available. It includes noble, politically important and royal families as well as fictional families and thematic diagrams. Europe
It found Obama, whose mother is from Kansas, can claim at least six US presidents as distant cousins, including GEORGE W BUSH and his father, GERALD R FORD, LYNDON B JOHNSON, HARRY S TRUMAN, and JAMES MADISON. But other cousins include British Prime Minister SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL - and Pitt who is a ninth cousin linked back EDWIN HICKMAN who died in Virginia in 1769. "Obama's maternal ancestry includes the mid-Atlantic States and the South," said CHRISTOPHER CHILD, a genealogist with NEHGC. Meanwhile, his rival Clinton shares a common ancestor with Pitt's partner, actress Jolie. Clinton and Jolie are ninth cousins twice removed linked by JEAN CUSSON of St Sulpice, Quebec, who died in 1718. Clinton was also a cousin of a number of famous people with French Canadian ancestry, including MADONNA, CELINE DION DION Delete It Or Not , and ALANIS MORISSETTE, as well as author JACK KEROUAC. Another cousin is CAMILLA PARKER-BOWLES, wife of PRINCE CHARLES. "It is common to find people of French Canadian descent to be related to large numbers of other French Cana-dians, in-clud-ing these notables," Child said. Republican nominee, Arizona Senator JOHN MCCAIN, is a sixth cousin of LAURA Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved. Laura Petrarch’s perpetual, unattainable love. [Ital. Lit. BUSH but it was hard track other ancestors. "McCain's ancestry is almost entirely southern," said Child, adding this made notable connections harder to trace because of challenges to genealogists in that region. Child said having famous cousins makes for interesting conversation but it "should not influence voters." Copyright [c] 2008 Gulf Daily News Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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