August 5th, 2012
What do Barack Obama, Thomas Jefferson, George W. Bush and the other past U.S. presidents have in common? Besides holding the coveted title of commander-in-chief, it appears that all of them but one are cousins.??
The remarkable discovery was made by 12-year-old BridgeAnne d?Avignon, of Salinas, California, who created a ground-breaking family tree that connected 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to one common, and rather unexpected, ancestor: King John of England.
?They all have the trait of wanting power,? d?Avignon told the station?WFMY.
Budding genealogist: BridgeAnne d?Avignon created a family tree that connected 42 of 43 U.S. presidents to one common ancestor
History detective: It took d?Avignon several months to search through more than 500,000 names and trace the male and female lineages of American leaders
King John, also known as John ?Lackland?, is renowned for signing the Magna Carta in 1215, which limited the monarch?s power and helped form the British Parliament.
Read more:?http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2183858/All-presidents-bar-directly-descended-medieval-English-king.html#ixzz22g4tcD00
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