RallyPoint Shared Content 924476 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From: The Washington Times<br /><br />Regardless of whether blood is thicker than water, America may soon get a chance to see whether it’s thicker than politics.<br /><br />The Donald and Hillary are 19th cousins, according to genealogy experts.<br /><br />According to a report in Extra TV, genealogy experts say Donald Trump and Hillary Rodham Clinton — the front-runners for the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination — share a common ancestor from England 18 generations ago.<br /><br />Citing MyHeritage.com’s genealogy site Geni.com, the common ancestors are John of Gaunt, the duke of Lancaster, and third wife Katherine Swynford at the end of the 14th century — a century before Columbus sailed the ocean blue.<br /><br />One of their children was Joan Beaufort, whose descendants include Mrs. Clinton. Her brother John Beaufort is an ancestor of Mr. Trump. Their descendants included several kings of England and centuries of Scottish kings.<br /><br />“Their 19th great grandfather is King Edward III [John’s father] so there is precedent for ruling a country, it’s in their genes,” A.J. Jacobs, who teamed up with MyHeritage.com and studied the research done by Geni, told Extra TV.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-are-related-genealogy/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-are-related-genealogy/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/020/903/qrc/DonaldTrump.jpg?1443052812"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-are-related-genealogy/">Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton are related, genealogy experts say</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Regardless of whether blood is thicker than water, America may soon get a chance to see whether it’s thicker than politics.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-08-28T11:18:39-04:00 RallyPoint Shared Content 924476

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>From: The Washington Times<br /><br />Regardless of whether blood is thicker than water, America may soon get a chance to see whether it’s thicker than politics.<br /><br />The Donald and Hillary are 19th cousins, according to genealogy experts.<br /><br />According to a report in Extra TV, genealogy experts say Donald Trump and Hillary Rodham Clinton — the front-runners for the Republican and Democratic presidential nomination — share a common ancestor from England 18 generations ago.<br /><br />Citing MyHeritage.com’s genealogy site Geni.com, the common ancestors are John of Gaunt, the duke of Lancaster, and third wife Katherine Swynford at the end of the 14th century — a century before Columbus sailed the ocean blue.<br /><br />One of their children was Joan Beaufort, whose descendants include Mrs. Clinton. Her brother John Beaufort is an ancestor of Mr. Trump. Their descendants included several kings of England and centuries of Scottish kings.<br /><br />“Their 19th great grandfather is King Edward III [John’s father] so there is precedent for ruling a country, it’s in their genes,” A.J. Jacobs, who teamed up with MyHeritage.com and studied the research done by Geni, told Extra TV.<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-are-related-genealogy/">http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-are-related-genealogy/</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/020/903/qrc/DonaldTrump.jpg?1443052812"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/25/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-are-related-genealogy/">Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton are related, genealogy experts say</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">Regardless of whether blood is thicker than water, America may soon get a chance to see whether it’s thicker than politics.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div>

2015-08-28T11:18:39-04:00 2015-08-28T11:18:39-04:00 SCPO David Lockwood 924478

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Who really cares?

2015-08-28T11:19:16-04:00 2015-08-28T11:19:16-04:00 LTC Kevin B. 924479

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>19th cousins? That is nothing. Must be a slow news day.

2015-08-28T11:19:41-04:00 2015-08-28T11:19:41-04:00 MCPO Roger Collins 924494

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Six degrees of separation?

2015-08-28T11:25:26-04:00 2015-08-28T11:25:26-04:00 LCDR Private RallyPoint Member 924549

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We&#39;re all related if you go back far enough... 19 generations is absurd lol

2015-08-28T11:45:54-04:00 2015-08-28T11:45:54-04:00 PO1 William "Chip" Nagel 926039

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You go back far enough and we are all related although from his Behavior I don't think Donald has Evolved Much.

2015-08-29T02:13:33-04:00 2015-08-29T02:13:33-04:00 PO1 John Miller 929430

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2015-08-31T03:45:49-04:00 2015-08-31T03:45:49-04:00 PO3 Private RallyPoint Member 1324232

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>NO!!!!! THEY ARE TOGETHER ON THIS!!!!! NO!!! ... where is my PS4 controller ...

2016-02-23T11:41:14-05:00 2016-02-23T11:41:14-05:00 Cpl Private RallyPoint Member 1836562

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I don't really care on the two candidates being cousins, but this is really interesting. It interesting because of the amount of following a family tree 19 generations ago to come to this conclusion.

2016-08-25T16:06:38-04:00 2016-08-25T16:06:38-04:00 2015-08-28T11:18:39-04:00