I was reading in Time and they found that Senator Kerry and President Bush are related as ninth cousins twice removed... who would have ever thought!
But wait... it gets better....
Both are related to Vlad III Dracul (born 1431, also known as Dracula), who ruled Transylvania and southern Romania as a macabre warlord, later fictionalized in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel 'Dracula.'
"For Kerry, the strange relation goes back 34 generations to connect with Dracula, but Bush is actually more closely related to the Transylvanian dictator, taking only 32 generations to connect.
"Perhaps a little less gruesome is the fact that Kerry and Bush are cousins, both connected to Royal blood through Princess Diana and the House of Windsor. Kerry is Diana's 12th cousin once removed, and Bush is Diana's 11th cousin twice removed -- perhaps more biting cousins than kissing cousins."
But wait... it gets better....
Both are related to Vlad III Dracul (born 1431, also known as Dracula), who ruled Transylvania and southern Romania as a macabre warlord, later fictionalized in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel 'Dracula.'
"For Kerry, the strange relation goes back 34 generations to connect with Dracula, but Bush is actually more closely related to the Transylvanian dictator, taking only 32 generations to connect.
"Perhaps a little less gruesome is the fact that Kerry and Bush are cousins, both connected to Royal blood through Princess Diana and the House of Windsor. Kerry is Diana's 12th cousin once removed, and Bush is Diana's 11th cousin twice removed -- perhaps more biting cousins than kissing cousins."
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