1. In the current crisis over Iraq, Britain is America's only reliable ally in Europe and the world. America was founded by former British citizens, who decided to form a new country in 1776, from Britain's North American colonies. Most American Presidents are descended from those Brits.
2. For those interested in issues of genealogy, genetics, heritage, ancestry and heredity (such as Mormon Freepers), the subject is intriguing. To what extent are leadership abilities genetic or hereditary? President Bush is a direct descendant of William the Conqueror, Henry II, and Charles II of England, in addition to being related to other European royal families.
He is also the descendant of two former US Presidents - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the US, who is the ancestor of his mother, Barbara Pierce Bush, in addition to his being the son of Bush 41.
Americans like to pretend that one's lineage and genealogy are totally irrelevant. But we forget that the old European aristocratic families who immigrated to the US, retained the custom of intermarrying with others of their social class in the US and Europe (remember Churchill's American mother?), a custom that lasted well into the 1950s.
Any thoughts on those genealogical issues?
I had heard this before, but I though Bubba was the exception to the rule because his claimed parents had neglible royal connections. Who knows about his actual paternity.
So are the Bourbons and Hapsburgs (ran France and Austria respectively into the ground), King Zog (kicked out of Albania), Vlad Tepes, Mad Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and that vast panoply of second-raters and outright lunatics who've provide the British masses with entertainment for centuries.
Illegitimi non carborundum!
If President Bush is descended from King Charles II of England, it would have to be from an illegitimate child, since King Charles had no legitimate children who survived infancy.
Obviously the easy way to trace your family tree is to run for President.