http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/tags/wild+bill+hickok/default.aspxTags: wild bill hickokenCommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/07/31/which-presidential-candidate-is-related-to-wild-bill-hickok.aspxThu, 31 Jul 2008 18:01:00 GMTbd485f5c-a45b-491f-8e52-c79e7f680fc3:113817Nicole Pasulka2http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=113817http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/archive/2008/07/31/which-presidential-candidate-is-related-to-wild-bill-hickok.aspx#comments<p><a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/Wild%20Bill%20Hickok.jpg"><img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/Wild%20Bill%20Hickok.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>&nbsp;</p><p>Clue: The one who wasn&#39;t actually alive when the West was still wild.</p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/obama.jpg"><img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scanner/2008/obama.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a></p><p>Yup. Besides brimming with youth, brilliance and good looks, Barack Obama is distantly related to gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok.&nbsp;</p><p>According to <a href="http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyXVIfZ2F2CTuuxH3_93vuTP-ywwD928D6QO0" target="_blank">Chris Child</a>, a genealogist with the New England Historic Genealogical Society.</p><p><i>Hickok is sixth cousin to Obama&#39;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.</i></p><p>Those of you who&#39;ve seen <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadwood_%28TV_series%29" target="_blank"><i>Deadwood</i></a> understand the significance of this discovery. </p><p>(via <a href="http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/" target="_blank">YesButNoButYes</a>)&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.nerve.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=113817" width="1" height="1">politicsDeadwoodBarack Obamapresidential candidatesjohn McCainwild bill hickok