Kerry & Bush Related to Dracula According to World-Renowned Genealogy Research Site
I found out the following article and thought everyone might find it interesting.
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-- National Genealogist Researcher Beau Sharbrough finds that 34 generations back, both presidential candidates trace mlineage to Dracula (Vlad III Dracul)
-- Kerry and Bush share blood themselves as cousins: Ninth cousins, twice removed
According to family history authority Ancestry.com, not only are Kerry and Bush related as ninth cousins twice removed, but 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.
National Genealogolgy Researcher and former President of GENTECH, now part of the National Genealogy Society, Beau Sharbrough of Ancestry.com says "Indeed, you can find some strange relations in the field of genealogy, but these figures are indeed a bit frightening. Last week, Leno featured a John Kerry Dracula toy squirting ketchup from his fangs and he wasn't too far from the truth. With the race getting a little bloody, we're seeing a glimpse of lineage as the teeth come out on both sides."
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--If you want to see an animation regarding this check out http://landing.ancestry.com/famoustree/dracula/.
posted by Mark @ 10:36 AM
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