“The Gore is the same Gore as Al Gore as they are family”
Uhm, you do realize Gore is his first name and actually a nick name (Eugene Louis Vidal). No relationship to the Gores of Tennessee.
I did just learn this: “his maternal grandfather, Thomas Pryor Gore, served as United States Senator from Oklahoma (1907–21 and 1931–37).” Sen. Gore was blind from childhood.
Gore Vidal is indeed a relative of Al Gore. Vidal throughout his life claimed he was an Oklahoman sometimes, a Southern gentlemen sometimes and acted like a Boston Brahmin all the time. In fact, when Al Gore was running for Veep, many people sought out Vidal’s opinion on his cousin (I forget the exact relation). His opinion was not good as I recall.