Jezebel

About a decade ago, I found out I was related to the Clintons (Bill through blood). Seriously!

But of course, distantly. Not enough to ask for a job, or anything.

And no ones related to Jen.

If were a conspiracy theorist I would have such a boner right now.

How many of them are part of the Wold-Newcott Family, do you suppose?

So voting for Obama really means voting for Bush! (Do I need a sarcasm tag?)

SEX DEGREES OF SEPARATION?
omg, what a newsflash.

How is it possible that all these folks have such well-developed family trees! And happen to be related to other famous folks? I call a large stinking pile of BS.

@hatepaperdoll: ha!

As long as I am not related to Flavor Flav I am cool!!!

This is good, but would be better if it was also revealed that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were distantly related.

But neither were related to Lo Bosworth?

But how will this effect the Pennsylvania primaries?!!!

Response 1: I'm related to yo mama.

Response 2: Aren't we all related to six African women? The Eve Hypothesis, anyone?

So Brad is from the Obama branch, and Angelina is from the Hillary branch? Now the question is, will Brangelina get invited to the White House?

Yeah well I'm related to a saint. a saint! beat that bitches.

@hatepaperdoll: hahaha! awful.

@hatepaperdoll: Maybe she's related to McCain?

Wow, this is a great way to spend money and time! Way to go.

So, if we're going to pull the Hillary "I have more experience because I have lived in the White House and know these things" card, we can go, "Hey, Obama's related to all these politicians, so his experience must be 'hereditary', too!"

And everyone listed is related to Kevin Bacon.

So Shiloh is the perfect blend of all those Obama/ Hillary genes? Shiloh Jolie-Pitt for President- 2046.

Gross. If I am related to GW I am disowning myself.

We're all related to someone notable, and there are always surprises; always. I found out I'm distantly related to Thoreau and Lucille Ball. Fine company methinks.

Oh that morphed photo! Looks like an androgynous robot

@zivah: You've go to remember: despite immigration in the 19th Century, a lot of families that have political connections derive from the original European settlers on the North American continent. And those family lines were well delineated for the longest time. It makes some perverse sense that people in positions of power would trace their lineage back to a relatively few people of privilege.

Hey, that blended cover art is terrible, btw - someone should be shot for pulling that crap out of the early 90's art-trick closet.

@RyanB: jinx! ; )

Obama= Brad Pitt

Hils= Angelina

Me= Not shocked

I am kind of screwed on this account. My grandfather's mother was full blooded Choctaw, and there ain't too many of those records about.

@chelotoyou: I saw it this morning in the New Republic. It has subsequently altered my outlook on my entire day

@jezebelacious: I am not related to anybody famous.

I know, we checked, over and over.

Of course, I can only trace my family tree back three generations on any side, so.

I'm related to Henry Kissinger. Sorry, everybody!

Now I am positive that Angelina got those lips from a Quebecois slave..
Somehow I see Angie voting for Obama and Brad for Hills..

@NefariousNewt: Exactly. I mean, hasn't it been shown that something like 90% of all U.S. presidents have been related in some way or another?

Chances are, if any part of your family is of English stock and has been in the U.S. for 150 years or so, you're related to them as well. If your family came in the late 19th century and was from some other area, especially a non-English-speaking country, you're probably not related. And if you can trace your ancestry back to American slaves, you're likely related to the presidential folks as well, thanks to the widespread sexual exploitation within the U.S. slave system.

@zivah: I can't remember the standup comedian who talks about it, but someone was musing on why people always think they were famous in past lives. Like, I'm Catherine the Great, reincarnated as a short grad student who doesn't like horses. This is kind of like that. Personally, I'm sure I'm related to lots of French and Irish peasants. And Brad Pitt, of course.

@ghanima: Which saint are you related to?

Also I am strangely attracted to the HillOma on the cover of that magazine. I dont know what that says about me :(

So Hill is distantly related to Angelina… does this mean Moe is gonna change her avatar?

Obama is related to Truman?? OMG I bet Rachystyles is soooooo jealous!

Surprised they didn't find that the two were related to each other. Now that's a story, I tell ya

I'm related to Emiliano Zapata.
look it up.
Hola.

Just found out that I'm semi-distantly related to my dept. adviser--we're both from completely different parts of the country, neither place being where this university is. Odd. But awesome for my letters of recommendations.

@ineffable.me: I kind of am, too.

@NefariousNewt: She's probably related to Kerry.

[www.stjohnneumann.org] not one of the most famous to be sure, but his body is in a class coffin in North Philly, (but everything was covered up, so, kind of disapointing) I went to see it. He was really short.

I am some kind of descendant of Harald Fairhair, the first king of Norway. His son's name was Eric Bloodaxe. Isn't that awesome? My geneology reads like death metal lyrics.

Tscheese Bloodaxe. It totally sounds great, right? Or like an underdone cheeseburger. Sigh.

Also, Hillarack? Still hot.

The only non Indian ancestor I know of is my grandfather who came over from Greece in the early 1950s. Maybe I'm related to some of those shipping magnates?

@hatepaperdoll: Oh well. I suppose it could be worse: she could be related to Michael Dukakis.

@braak: thank you.

@tscheese: Blood axe is pretty sweet! I've got some cool ancestor's names too! My favorite is "Kills Them in the Face". Its way cooler than the boring last name they gave my family in boarding schools centuries ago. :P

@ndngrl: You should call and find out. I'm sure the Onassis family could afford to throw a couple million your way.

Greeks love big families.

@Miss Pelled: Very true. I'm a direct descendant of a signer, so on that side of the family we seem to be everyone's cousin.

@RyanB: But if Brad Pitt is a distant distant relative of Obama, and if Angelina Jolie is a distant distant relative of Hillary, they are related! Through Shiloh, yo! Like, retroactively!

I just thought way too hard about that.

@SpicyTamale: lol! Where did good old Rachy go... and just when I've been taking Truman classes with Katastic to drop some knowledge on her

@ghanima: Everyone was really short back then.

One day, genetics will make the social construct of race obsolete.

Yay!

@braak: Perhaps I should! I can go horseback riding with Athina! Or maybe kiteboarding with ol' Stavros.

@tscheese: LOL - that would be a stretch. Rather, Shiloh would be related to both of them right? Auntie Hillary and Uncle Barack

@ghanima: I am related to related to King John, who signed the Magna Carta. Not a saint, but still pretty good, right?