Tuesday, October 11, 2005

A Long Line of Power Hungry Warlords

From the Guardian:

Scion of traitors and warlords: why Bush is coy about his Irish links
Tapestry artist reveals ancestors of US president as murderous bunch


God help me, I am distantly related to the Smirking Chimp. My mother, intrepid genealogy researcher, unearthed this fact at the New England Historical Genealogical Society in the 80s. She told my father & I this in an elevator, and a quiet researcher sharing our car sympathized over our sad discovery.

I don't think we're related through the murderous warlord, though. Just a potato farmer.

No comments: