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The presidential candidates could have star qualities - and they also have stars in their families, according to a study genealogy that connects Hillary Clinton to Angelina Jolie and Barack Obama to Brad Pitt.
The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in Boston on Wednesday published a study in which it traced the family trees of the three presidential candidates found they all had famous family, both dead and alive.
She found Senator Barack Obama in Illinois, whose mother is from Kansas, can claim at least six presidents of the United States as distant cousins, including George W. Bush and his father, Gerald R. Ford, Lyndon B. Johnson, Harry S. Truman, and James Madison.
But other cousins include British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill - and Brad Pitt who is a ninth cousin Edwin Hickman tied back who died in Virginia in 1769.
"Obama maternal ancestry includes the mid-Atlantic and Southern states," said Christopher Child, a genealogist with NEHGC which dates back to 1845 and describes itself as the oldest in the United States and the largest non-profit organization genealogical .
Meanwhile the Democratic challenger, Senator from New York Hillary Clinton, a common ancestor with partner Pitt, the actress Angelina Jolie. Clinton and Bush are ninth cousins twice removed linked by Jean Cusson of Saint-Sulpice, Quebec, who died in 1718.
Child said Clinton is also a cousin of a number of leading figures of French-Canadian descent, including Madonna (ninth cousins linked by Pierre Gagné, Quebec who died in 1656) Celine Dion, Alanis Morissette and, as the author Jack Kerouac. Another cousin is Camilla Parker-Bowles, wife of Prince Charles.
"It is common to find people of French-Canadian descent to be linked to many other Canadians french, including notables," said the child in a statement.
Republican Candidate, Arizona, Senator John McCain, is sixth cousin Laura Bush, but it was difficult to follow other ancestors.
"McCain descent is almost entirely south," said the child, adding that fact connections difficult to track because of problems with the genealogy of the region.
Child says he made famous cousins conversation, but it "should not influence voters."
"But at a time when the race focuses on highlighting the differences, the candidates will benefit from learning about famous cousins and their various family history," he said.
Pregnant Angelina Jolie takes 3-year old daughter Zahara for a toy-shopping in a party Pig Superstore in Sunset Valley, Texas last Wednesday.
The mother-daughter duo spent an hour picking up toys. Angie pushed a yellow cart around while Sea Princess clutched at her blankie. How cute is she?
According to the recently released federal tax notifications, but last week it was reported that Angie and partner Brad Pitt has more than $ 8 million in donations in 2006, putting in $ 4402317 Brad and Angie donate $ 4123613.
The actors and philanthropists Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie gave more than $ 8.5 million of their charitable foundation in 2006, according to recent reports.
Mr. Pitt more than $ 4.4 million and Ms. Jolie more than $ 4.1 million to the foundation Jolie Pitt, the $ 27000 in the cost, the news agency reports.
The foundation gave $ 1 million to each Doctors Without Borders and the Global Aids Alliance, and smaller grants to the Namibia Red Cross Action Program, the Daniel Pearl Foundation, Global Green USA, and the Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation, among other grantees.
Jolie & Pitt's Fraternal Twins Will Be .... Angelina Jolie gives birth to twins at the end of the mother's native France, while the recent US news reports should be believed.
Celebrity magazine In Touch reports, that Angelina Jolie and her partner Brad Pitt are expecting a boy and a girl.
The couple has not yet confirmed the baby news, even if the ever-growing belly Jolie suggests it is with children, and offers them a publicist firm "no comment" on the latest reports.
According to In Touch, Jolie has been heard about her unborn baby, on the whole his new film Pitt, Tree of Life in Texas, telling a pal toddlers are "kicking and moving. "
A source tells the publication Jolie and Pitt was happy when they learned they had to be having twins after a visit with their obstetrician / gynecologist Dr. Jason Rothbart last week (14Mar08).
The reports said: "Because she took fertility treatments to help them ovulate, her babies are fraternal. Theyre ecstatic. She can not wait. "
Universal Pictures presents this summer's blockbuster action, Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie and
James McAvoy. The movie is scheduled to hit theatres on June 27.
The story revolves around Wes (McAvoy), a disgruntled office drone with a boss who hates him and a girlfriend who ignores him. There he met until Fox, an assassin played by Jolie. Following the assassination of his father, Wes, Fox recruits to join the Brotherhood, a secret society that teaches Wes to unlock the powers of the huge lightning speed and reflexes. But, as with any mysterious sect, the Brotherhood is not all it seems.
It is always nice to see our favorite celebrities rich and have fun and do the same things normal as the rest of us. And while Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are world-renowned actors / philanthropists, they continue to put their jeans on one leg at a time.
The "Girl Interrupted" actress was spotted about yesterday and in New Orleans with the Jolie-Pitt brood stop by a convenience store for some hollow.
And while the rest of her family was busy with domestic happiness, "Fight Club" pole was busy with his own brand to make the world a better place.
He teamed up with President Bill Clinton and about 600 students from around the world to officially break ground on the "Make it Right" campaign.
Pitt told the press, "We are so grateful for the support we have received from the Lower 9th Ward Community, the Clinton Global Initiative, and university students from around the country to our work today, hui. "
He continued: "I want to thank especially the former President Bush and President Clinton for their early support of Make It Right. We are excited by day, but must remember that our project is a small part of dealing with a greater need. Thousands of people still need assistance to return home. "
Angelina Jolie has beaten Jessica Simpson in the first round of HDTV "Hottie Hysteria '- TVPredictions.com the elimination tournament to determine who is the hottest women in High-Definition TV.
TVPredictions.com is posting a poll among readers daily celebrity babe against another. Readers are invited to vote on what looks best female high def. Then, depending on their votes, each winner will move to the next round until a woman is left standing.
In the contest Simpson-Jolie, Angelina, the star of films Lara Croft, has captured 56 percent of the vote to 44 percent for Jessica. (2,173 readers voted in the poll.)
Jolie, the top seed in the plasma division Hottie Hysteria, will now face the winner of the Vanessa Williams-Jennifer Love Hewitt competition in the plasma Division finals.
