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gordianot

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30. My Grandfather actually knew Prescott was teased about it by no less than Clarence Cannon.

Reply to plimsoll (Reply #19)

Tue Sep 28, 2021, 01:01 AM

Sep 2021

For the most part we all are descended from people if we knew the story would not acknowledge. Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon are distantly related which surprised them when they found out.

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Sadly, Tom is gone Ohio Joe Sep 2021 #3

I LOVED that show. It was on the same station as Al Franken and Stephanie Miller. CTyankee Sep 2021 #4

I remember the great shame I felt in those days being a distant relative of the Bush family. gordianot Sep 2021 #7

Look, if your family was in Massachusetts Bay Colony plimsoll Sep 2021 #19

My Grandfather actually knew Prescott was teased about it by no less than Clarence Cannon. gordianot Sep 2021 #30

Not a huge Bush fan, plimsoll Sep 2021 #37

Think about poor Obama. cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #31

Obama is also a descendent of African slaves on his Mother's side. gordianot Sep 2021 #32

Are you sure about that? They are a pretty cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #33

According to an article in the Washington Post. gordianot Sep 2021 #35

Well I will be darned. Descended from the first slave. (Before they technically had slavery) cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #36

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