Bush family traced back to invader of Ireland (Bush's Fault Alert:)

Globe and Mail ^ | 27 Jan 2005 | Agence France-Presse

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

How do you pronounce Aiofe? Eye-oaf?

[Happygal]

Aoife...is pronounced EEEEEEE-Fah!

Very pretty name actually.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

Thanks!

[JustAnotherSavage]

"So in short, Bush can ID himself with all the royals in England and Europe as can about fifteen bejillion other people."

You're so right. Our family is related to the Bush's and the Bill Gates--for all the good that does us! One liberal cousin was throwing a fit about it and I reminded him at least Pres. Bush,unlike Clinton, knew who his daddy was.

[Christopher Lincoln]

The President is probably descended from just about everybody who lived in England or Ireland in the 12th century, and who had descendants at all.

[nutmeg]

ping!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I have always heard that Somerled was a son of Haakon.
Some how in the great mix We get stuck with kinship to Longshanks, but I stopped digging around, afraid that Slick Willy will turn up as a cousin. I could not stand to know that! Clan MacDhugaill runs from Dhughaill, a son of Somerled. I try with all My might to maintain the traditional attitude! I am sorry that We had cross words with The Wallace, but times back then were somewhat confused.
It is probably enough to know that We come from Men determined to live free, and determine to seek the same for Ourselves.
Thanks for the tip on the book, I will get the library to dig it up for Me.
How did You end up with a Latin handle?
BUAIDH NO BAS

[onyx]

I hear ya.
It's beyond tiresome at this point.

[Safetgiver]

Yes, but I say its a amazing a lot of people are even here........Don't worry your little bosoms. I'm not here. ....Well, not ALL here, anyways.

[Safetgiver]

EEEEEEE-Fah!
Alright, John Dean. Sit down and shaddup.

[CivilWarguy]

This article has so many mistakes in it. Obviously written by someone who knows nothing about genealogy. E.g., "William Marshall, son of Strongbow"--actually, he was Strongbow's son in law. "John the Strange"--actually, the name was "John Le Strange". "Gilbert de Clare, Count of ..."--actually, he was an Earl, not a Count.

[Happygal]

Who is John Dean? *confused*

[Safetgiver]

Excuuse me. He was Howard Kerry's foe.

[RnMomof7]

I saw a study that traced them to some common family with Bill Clinton..

[Cornpone]

"I saw a study that traced them to some common family with Bill Clinton."

Probably the same study that connected my family with Mr. Bill. Common ancestor? Lucy:-O

[RnMomof7]

I am starting to think the nuts that think we were spawned by aliens and there is one ruling class is right

[Zionist Conspirator]

then one of our committee members had a Republican friend in Chicago," she said. "We got the genealogy chart from there

This is only slightly more reliable than getting your genealogy charts faxed from Kinkos. I mean now we are being asked to believe in the mythical Chicago republican.

Considering that the person quoted is living in Ireland and that "republican" is spelled with a small "r," I would assume the reference is to the Irish Republican movement rather than to our Republican party.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Oops! My bad! It seems she capitalized it, but you didn't.

How dare you??? ;-)

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

They missed the central irony. Strongbow is a descendant of Charlemagne and the Merovingians which according to Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code makes W. and his twin daughters descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalen. Gee, will Ron Howard (Opie/Richie Cunningham) invite them to the film preview??? [irony] Maybe they can all sit next to Babs Streisand. Laugh hard.