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Title: Palin May Be Related to Princess Diana, Roosevelt
Post by: bijou on October 09, 2008, 03:28:03 PM

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NEW YORK -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is distantly related to the late Princess Diana and late U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, genealogy experts said on Wednesday.

The governor of Alaska and the princess are tenth cousins, while Palin and Roosevelt are ninth cousins once removed, said Ancestry.com, online genealogists based in Provo, Utah.

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http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/palin_diana_roosevelt/2008/10/08/138584.html

The Governor of all our hearts (to (mis)quote Princess Di).  :-)

Title: Re: Palin May Be Related to Princess Diana, Roosevelt
Post by: Chris_ on October 12, 2008, 08:05:20 PM

Di was an idiot (GRHS).  A stupid and vain woman.  Her death changes those not a whit.

I am not sure Palin wants to be associated with her.

I wouldn't.

Title: Re: Palin May Be Related to Princess Diana, Roosevelt
Post by: docstew on October 15, 2008, 02:50:35 AM

10th cousin is almost as distantly related as someone can be and still be part of the same species, so that's not like they grew up together