Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt - A Political Connection

According to the Associated Press, they do: Barack Obama is the ninth cousin to Brad Pitt, and Hillary Clinton is Angelina Jolie’s ninth cousin twice removed.

Other surprising links made by researchers at the New England Historic Genealogical Society were that Hillary is a distant cousin of Madonna, Celine Dion and Alanis Morissette,  while Obama can call George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Republican rival John McCain cousin too.

Find out who else who seems to share the same family tree.

And if you’re in the mood for a chuckle - check out the photos over at I’m Not Obsessed that commemorate the recent discovery.

    March 26, 2008 | Filed Under Celebrity Gossip, Politics, Presidential Candidates 

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