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The family has made a big deal of the notion that it is descended from royalty. Burke's Peerage even got involved in the last election, saying that Bush won because he had the most royal ancestry. The Bushes eat this stuff up. They don't need democracy -- they feel entitled by ancestry. For them, the presidency is something that can be won with a Supreme Court decision.

Burke's peerage does family trees on BOTH presidential candidates. I remember when this came out, and it was simply an election-year feature story.

I have read both of Barbara Bush's books, former President Bush's book of letters, and President George W. Bush's A Charge to Keep. There is not one mention about their "royal heritage" in any of them. I can not recall one instance where anyone in the Bush family said one single thing about their ancestry, except to mention President Bush's grandparents.

This is a lie.

You are correct. IIRC, they also did a genealogy on Colin Powell, which had some pretty interesting facts. Someone did. Burke's always does presidential family trees, like you say. I've always found it interesting that a number of our presidents have some royal connections and many of them are distantly related to one another. I find this very interesting, but not deliberate or intentional. There is a voting process that winnows out the final choice.

If anything, I believe that the Bush's have tried to distance themselves from their past. The night before the 2000 election, Frontline ran a biography of both Pres. Bush and Gore. I was struck by the small, humble house George HW and Barbara moved into upon moving to TX from CT. These people were from significant wealth and moved into a very small, blue-collar looking bungalow-type home. I don't think Pres. 43 was chauffeured to nursery school like his father was and I'm sure that was by choice. From what I understand, he learned Spanish from playing with kids in the street.

'I have read both of Barbara Bush's books, former President Bush's book of letters, and President George W. Bush's A Charge to Keep. There is not one mention about their "royal heritage" in any of them. I can not recall one instance where anyone in the Bush family said one single thing about their ancestry, except to mention President Bush's grandparents.'

Here's some 'Royal Heritage' you ought to read about...

'House of Bush, House of Saud : The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties' by Craig Unger (Author)

excerpt:...

"'House of Bush, House of Saud' begins with a politically explosive question: How is it that two days after 9/11, when U.S. air traffic was tightly restricted, 140 Saudis, many immediate kin to Osama Bin Laden, were permitted to leave the country without being questioned by U.S. intelligence?
The answer lies in a hidden relationship that began in the 1970s, when the oil-rich House of Saud began courting American politicians in a bid for military protection, influence, and investment opportunity. With the Bush family, the Saudis hit a gusher -- direct access to presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush..."