[IbnMardhiyah]

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Lynne Cheney: VP, Obama are eighth cousins
Obama camp responds to revelation: ‘Every family has a black sheep’

WASHINGTON - Though they may spar across the political aisle, Vice President **** Cheney is close enough to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama to call him “cousin.”

Eighth cousin, that is.

Lynne Cheney, the vice president’s wife, revealed this tantalizing bit of political trivia during a television interview Tuesday.

She said she uncovered the long-ago ties between the two while researching her ancestry for her latest book, “Blue Skies, No Fences,” a memoir about growing up in Wyoming.

“This is such an amazing American story that one ancestor ... could be responsible down the family lines for lives that have taken such different and varied paths as Dick’s and Barack Obama,” Lynne Cheney told MSNBC.

According to her spokeswoman, Sen. Obama, D-Ill., is a descendent of Mareen Duvall. This French Huguenot’s son married the granddaughter of a Richard Cheney, who arrived in Maryland in the late 1650s from England, said Ginny Justice, a spokeswoman for Lynne Cheney.

The vice president’s full name is Richard B. Cheney.

A spokesman for Obama, who wants to be the first black U.S. president, offered a tongue-in-cheek response. “Every family has a black sheep,” said spokesman Bill Burton.


Lynne Cheney did not reference the ancestral ties between her husband and Obama in the book.

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So that confirms it. The country is controlled by maybe 1 or 2 families. Just like royalty!!

[psychoteddybear]

makes sense...everyone in the us government who's a big wig is related...bush and kerry...and now cheney and obama... bush is related to princess di also...and the royal families of europe all have blood ties from one way or another...FREAKY.

[Anderson]

It is possible for one of your ancestors two hundred years back to have a million descendents today. The 6 billion people alive today are descended from 750 million back in 1750 so its quite possible the average white guy in America is not too distantly related to someone in power.

[LEGALEAGLE]

Actually they are CLOSELY related