Which Presidential Candidate Is Related to Wild Bill Hickok?

Posted by Nicole Pasulka

 

Clue: The one who wasn't actually alive when the West was still wild.

 

Yup. Besides brimming with youth, brilliance and good looks, Barack Obama is distantly related to gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok. 

According to Chris Child, a genealogist with the New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Hickok is sixth cousin to Obama's fourth great-grandfather, Jacob Dunham, Child said. Their common ancestor is Thomas Blossom, who arrived with the Pilgrims. The society earlier found other notable links to Obama, including Brad Pitt, of Springfield; and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Those of you who've seen Deadwood understand the significance of this discovery.

(via YesButNoButYes) 

 

 


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Posted Jul 31 2008, 02:01 PM
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Comments

Baron Von Monkeychow said:

Shouldn't we be more concerned by the fact that the two candidates are going to spend a combined $400 million dollars to get elected? This is OBSCENE!

July 31, 2008 3:19 PM

fitandfun71 said:

Wild Bill was murdered by a coward who shot him in the BACK of his head.  WHY bring it up now?  Wild Bill was a good lawman in a crazy time and made a horrible mistake that he never forgot (he shot his own deputy in an act of reaction rather than thought). Again, I miss Scanner Emily and would do anything to shorten her New Hampshire camp time.

August 1, 2008 1:25 AM

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