Guess which 2008 presidential candidate and United States Vice President are related?
No it's not Dennis Kucinich (U.S. Representative from Ohio's 10th congressional district) and former Vice President George M. Dallas (VP for James Polk 1845-49).
Give up?
It's Barack Obama and current Vice President Richard Cheney.
According to Cheney's wife, Lynne, Cheney and Obama are eighth cousins. Lynn stumbled upon this information after researching Cheney's bloodline for his new book.
A spokesman for Lynne Cheney says Obama is also distantly related to Maureen Duvall, whose son Samuel married the granddaughter of Dick Cheney's ancestors, also named Richard Cheney.
"This is such an amazing American story that one ancestor... could be responsible down the family line for lives that have taken such different and varied paths," said Lynne Cheney.
When the Obama camp was asked to comment, Obama's spokesman said, "Every family has a black sheep."
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