Surprise, surprise. Dick Cheney and Barack Obama are cousins. Eighth cousins --distant enough they could marry in states that recognized gay unions, but I digress. While researching her ancestry for her new book, "Blue Skies, No Fences," a memoir about growing up in Wyoming, Lynne Cheney found the tie. "Sen. Obama is a descendent of Maureen Duvall. This French Huguenot's son married the granddaughter of a Richard Cheney, who arrived in Maryland in the late 1650's from England," said Ginny Justice, a spokeswoman for Lynne Cheney. "This is such an amazing American story that one ancestor ... could be responsible down the family lines for lives that have taken such different and varied paths as Dick's and Barack Obama," Lynne Cheney told MSNBC. A spokesman for Obama offered a tongue-in-cheek response. "Every family has a black sheep," said spokesman Bill Burton.

QUESTION: Does your family have a black sheep?

Originally posted at Vox Box

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