[norton]

"Gates claims to be descended from an “Irish king’ (ring a bell?)"

He's related to my Grandmother?

(Straight answer): NO, care to elaborate?

[blueplum]

Zero has also claimed descent from Irish nobility:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269836,00.html

and

http://www.newsday.com/travel/irish-town-claims-dibs-on-barack-o-bama-1.1208639