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this says so... don't know how true this is, but here is the story
Paso Robles, CA -- Their political party lines maybe different but one thing United States presidents could share is their family line. A young girl in California has put together a Presidential Family Tree. Twelve-year-old BridgeAnne d'Avignon found that all the presidents but one are related to King John of England through a common ancestor. "They are all cousins and all grandsons of John Lackland," BridgeAnne told KCOY News. The girl searched more than a half million names for months. She started with George Washington, then traced both the male and female family lines to make the connection. KCOY reports that before this, historians were only able to link 22 presidential family trees. The teen also found out that she is the 18th cousin of President Barack Obama. She even wrote him a letter to let him know. The only president not linked to King John: the eight president, Martin Van Buren. WFMY News 2/KCOY http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=146059&catid=175 |
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I'm sorry Moe, am in a silly mood...
I had images of them all being plugged into a central computer and new data uploaded each night. 
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Okay, as a mathematician, this makes total sense. Think about it, only so many people came to the "New World" from England. Now, I would guess that a lot of those people were those who could afford to make the move. Harsh winters, abnormal deaths, survival of the fittest; odds are a lot of those people ended up related in some way shape or form.
It's like the 7 degrees of separation. Everybody can be linked to each other eventually, and everybody is related to each other if you go far enough back. So, a pre-teen has now proven that most historians are brain-dead. King George (Revolutionary War) is/was my 11th great uncle on my father's side. Ironically enough, my 11th great-grandfather on my mother's side was a minute-man fighting for the Colonies. Kinda explains why I get migraines... 
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Okay, as a mathematician, this makes total sense. Think about it, only so many people came to the "New World" from England. Now, I would guess that a lot of those people were those who could afford to make the move. Harsh winters, abnormal deaths, survival of the fittest; odds are a lot of those people ended up related in some way shape or form. It's like the 7 degrees of separation. Everybody can be linked to each other eventually, and everybody is related to each other if you go far enough back. So, a pre-teen has now proven that most historians are brain-dead. King George (Revolutionary War) is/was my 11th great uncle on my father's side. Ironically enough, my 11th great-grandfather on my mother's side was a minute-man fighting for the Colonies. Kinda explains why I get migraines... I was gonna say that...lol I wouldnt doubt a great many of us unemployed folks are related to a similar ancestor too (excluding adam and eve of course) |
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I'm sorry Moe, am in a silly mood... I had images of them all being plugged into a central computer and new data uploaded each night. where did they plug in at? |
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