Obama and Cheney Are Cousins

Dick Cheney's wife claims that Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are eighth cousins.

It's kind of like that time we discovered that Strom Thurmond and Al Sharpton were related. Basically, we were like, "Hmm, interesting" and then promptly moved on with our lives.

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