Former President George H.W. Bush, left, meets with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Romney is related to Bush, according to ancestry.com.
Associated Press
Our take: Online family history resource Ancestry.com has recently released some of Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney's family tree, including the number of Commanders-in-Chief and other historical figures he is related to.
How many Commanders-in-Chief can you get in one family tree? When its former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romneys family tree, the answer is six.
According to Ancestry.com, the worlds largest online family history resource, Romneys family tree connects him to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Pierce, Herbert Hoover, and both George H.W. and George W. Bush.
Romney is connected to Presidents George W. Bush (10th cousins, twice removed), George H. W. Bush (10th cousins, once removed) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (8th cousins, twice removed) through Ann Marbury Hutchinson, a key figure in the development of religious freedom in America and early settler of Rhode Island and New York.
Read more about You Won’t Believe Who Romney’s Related To on Ancestry.com.
- Taking back family dinner: A healthy,...
- Viral photos encourage moms to 'set aside the...
- Fly a flag for Cody: Army confirms Utah man...
- Men experience the pains of labor through...
- Hundreds of volunteers tackle service...
- Early diagnosis may be key in slowing...
- Tip for living: Book is full of tips for...
- Former middle-class moms choose new identity...
- Disney reportedly pulls new 'Brave'...
9 - Fly a flag for Cody: Army confirms Utah...
9 - French president signs gay marriage...
5 - Former middle-class moms choose new...
5 - Reactions to abortion murder verdict...
4 - Taking back family dinner: A healthy,...
2 - Viral photos encourage moms to 'set...
2 - Psychologist calls doctor accused of...
2


